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Re:EPO and UKIPO Refuse AI-Invented Patent Applications by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @09:23AM (#21991673)
This is going to be a huge problem for AI-generated art, music, and other media, because currently these are all public domain by default, for the same reason.
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Re:EPO and UKIPO Refuse AI-Invented Patent Applications by Ididntdothis on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @09:57AM (#21991954)
I think this would be an excellent outcome.
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Re:EPO and UKIPO Refuse AI-Invented Patent Applications by im3w1l on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:17AM (#21992719)
Public domain by default?! Shouldn't they AI count as just another tool? Someone ran the AI program. Someone took a look at its output and said "ah this looks sweet, let's apply for this one". These people are the tool users and should be classified as the inventors.
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Re:EPO and UKIPO Refuse AI-Invented Patent Applications by bluesign on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:50PM (#21993855)
Actually no, by default copyright is assigned to the user of the AI.
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Re:EPO and UKIPO Refuse AI-Invented Patent Applications by lttlrck on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @09:25AM (#21991693)
I think that would be a copyright issue though.
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