AI cannot be named as patent ‘inventor’, UK supreme court rules

US technologist loses dispute with Intellectual Property Office over ideas generated by program

Artificial intelligence cannot be legally named as an inventor to secure patent rights, the UK supreme court has ruled.

In a judgment on Wednesday, Britain’s highest court concluded that “an inventor must be a person” in order to apply for patents under the current law.

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