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Patent Office Declares AI Cannot Be An Inventor, Stuns AI Devotees, Has Impacts For Self-Driving Cars
Daily NewsMonday, 25 May 2020Daniel van Herck613 viewsRead more...Can AI be an inventor? According to a recent decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the answer seems to be no. There is more to this story, though, and we’ll need to push past the surface to understand the full nuances involved. Perhaps a more apt way to depict the situation is whether AI can be formally granted a U.S. patent, and for that the answer appears to unequivocally and ...
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The opposition before the French patent office : starting shot !
Daily NewsMonday, 27 April 2020Daniel van Herck392 viewsRead more...in April was the launch of the opposition procedure before the French Patent Office (“Institut National de la Propriété Intellectuelle” or “INPI”). This procedure is a new way to challenge the validit ...
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België dient recordaantal octrooi-aanvragen in bij Europees Octrooibureau
Daily NewsTuesday, 14 April 2020Daniel van Herck322 viewsRead more...Het aantal octrooi-aanvragen van Belgische bedrijven, universiteiten en onderzoeksinstellingen bij het Europees Octrooibureau (EOB) is in 2019 met 3,2% gestegen tot 2.423, het hoogste aantal ooit. Dat ...