September 02, 2021
A Virginia federal judge ruled Thursday that artificial intelligence cannot be listed as an inventor on a patent application, holding that the Patent Act makes clear that inventing is the exclusive legal province of human beings.
April 06, 2021
A Virginia federal judge appears poised to rule that artificial intelligence systems cannot be listed as inventors on patent applications, saying at a Tuesday hearing that the legal issues posed by big technological leaps are best addressed by Congress.
February 24, 2021
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office asked a Virginia federal judge Wednesday to hand it an early win in a man's lawsuit challenging its finding that patents cannot cover inventions by artificial intelligence machines, arguing the Patent Act defines an inventor as an "individual" who must be human.
August 10, 2020
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office improperly added a new requirement for patentability when it said an artificial intelligence machine cannot be named as an inventor, according to a new suit filed by the machine's developer.