Posted on 04/27/2023 8:45:08 AM PDT by Rusty0604
Stephen Thaler petitioned the high court to review an appeals court’s decision that patents can only be issued to human inventors and that his AI system cannot be the legal creator of inventions it generated.
Thaler said in his brief that AI is being used to innovate in fields ranging from medicine to energy, and that rejecting AI-generated patents “curtails our patent system’s ability — and thwarts Congress’s intent — to optimally stimulate innovation and technological progress.”
SCOTUS declined to take up his case.
The justices turned away Thaler’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that patents can be issued only to human inventors and that his AI system could not be considered the legal creator of two inventions that he has said it generated.
Perhaps Thaler should claim his AI identifies as a human being?
(Excerpt) Read more at legalinsurrection.com ...
Who invented OMNI-Vent 3.5 AI? I would think the investors and inventor would charge for use and more for desired outcome?
Next, we need a court to rule that an 'AI', can't copyright anything either, based on this ruling.
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