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German Federal Patent Court Recognizes Human Inventor Prompting AI in Landmark DABUS Case

Court overturns DPMA refusal to name AI as inventor, allowing human inventor designation with AI contribution acknowledged

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Germany’s Federal Patent Court has overturned a patent office decision rejecting an application that named an artificial intelligence system, DABUS, as the inventor. The court ruled that while AI cannot be designated as the inventor, a human applicant who prompted the AI’s creation can be named, with the AI’s role ack…
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German Federal Patent Court Recognizes Human Inventor Prompting AI in Landmark DABUS Case Germany’s Federal Patent Court has overturned a patent office decision rejecting an application that named an artificial intelligence system, DABUS, as the inventor. The court ruled that while AI cannot be designated as... Read the full IIPLA article: https://iipla.org/news/german-federal-patent-court-recognizes-human-inventor-prompting-ai-in-landmark-dabus-case

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