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UK Patents – Is a Neural Network a Computer Program

Friday, 06 December 2024

Jonathan Exell

Patents

The UK court case over Emotional Perception's patent application is set to continue into next year. The UK Supreme Court will consider the case and, we expect, be asked to decide what is a computer program. Earlier the year, we reported on Emotional Perception's success in the High Court, persuading the Judge that because an artificial neural netwo...

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UK Supreme Court Judgement on DABUS as an inventor

Wednesday, 20 December 2023

Robert Jehan

Patents AI

Today, 20th December 2023, the UK Supreme Court has handed down its judgment in this case, dismissing Dr Thaler's appeal. On the Issue of Patentability The UK Supreme Court has held that: "…DABUS, a machine with no legal personality, is not and has never been an inventor within the meaning of the 1977 Act. This is more than a formal objection.It go...

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