Section: Patenting Artificial Intelligence | Patentability in information and communications technology | e-learning centre
Main course pagePatenting Artificial Intelligence
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Patenting Artificial Intelligence
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Recorded event: Artificial intelligence: a patent practitioner’s perspective
On 12 April 2021 the EPO hosted a virtual conference entitled “Artificial intelligence: a patent practitioner’s perspective”, an event designed to give an opportunity to experienced users to exchange ideas on AI examples from various technical fields. In addition, the conference dealt with the legal aspects of patenting AI, with emphasis on AI in the Guidelines for Examination at the EPO.
Here you find the complete recording of the plenary sessions and the presentations shown. -
Recorded lecture: Applications naming machine as inventor
Heli Pihlajamaa, Director of Patent Law at the European Patent Office, has spoken in a live session on the grounds for the EPO’s decision to refuse two applications designating an AI system as the inventor. Upon questions from the participants, the implications of the developments of AI technologies on patenting were discussed.
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Recorded event: Patenting Artificial Intelligence
The conference was the first event held by a major patent office designed to open a discussion on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the patent system. It provided a unique opportunity for open exchanges of views and for raising awareness of Issues relating to strategies for protecting AI innovations, the challenges in drafting and prosecuting patent applications for AI inventions and possible future considerations for patent laws.
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