Patents, Algorithms, Inventors

Generative AI and Trade Secrets: A New Frontier for IP Litigation

DarrowEverett LLP on 5/6/2025

As legal and business professionals focused on protecting intellectual property—especially those of us in business litigation—it's crucial to stay attuned to the expanding influence of generative AI (“GenAI”). While patents...more

USPTO's AI Patent Eligibility Guidance, Vincent Look

Womble Bond Dickinson on 4/14/2025

In 2024, the USPTO published guidance on whether an AI-based invention is patent eligible. The guidance includes three hypothetical inventions, including one relating to using an artificial neural network for data anomaly...more

The Tokyo District Court Holds an Artificial Intelligence System Cannot Be an Inventor Under Japanese Patent Law

Jones Day on 6/25/2024

Following similar decisions in other countries, a Japanese court held for the first time on May 16, 2024, that an inventor in the Patent Act is limited to a natural person and does not include an artificial intelligence...more

Enabling AI-Assisted Inventions and the Black-Box Problem

Haug Partners LLP on 5/22/2024

Earlier this year, the U.S. Patent Office issued its Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions.The main takeaway is that “[w]hile AI systems . . . cannot be listed as inventors on patent applications,” the “use of an...more

Generative AI-Assisted Patent Inventorship Questions Remain

Jones Day on 6/23/2023

The Situation: The U.S. Supreme Court recently denied certiorari in Thaler v. Vidal, leaving intact the Federal Circuit's ruling that only human beings, and not artificial intelligence ("AI") systems, can be inventors under...more

Should AI Machines Have Rights?

Weintraub Tobin on 9/12/2022

In the last few years, the U.S. Copyright Office refused to allow a copyright registration for a work of art created by a machine, and a federal district court held that an artificial intelligence system could not be an...more