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Federal Circuit Affirms District Court's Decision That an Artificial Intelligence Software System Cannot Be Listed as an Inventor on a Patent Application Federal Circuit Affirms District Court's Partial Award of Attorney's Fees

8 minute read September 01, 2022 at 12:03 AM
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Jeffrey S. Ginsberg and Abhishek Bapna
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Federal Circuit Affirms District Court's Decision That an Artificial Intelligence Software System Cannot Be Listed as an Inventor on a Patent Application

On Aug. 5, 2022, a Federal Circuit panel of Judges Moore, Taranto, and Stark issued a unanimous opinion, authored by Judge Stark, in Thaler v.

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