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Artificial intelligence is breaking patent law
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The patent system assumes that inventors are human. Inventions devised by machines require their own intellectual property law and an international treaty. The patent system assumes that inventors are human. Inventions devised by machines require their own intellectual property law and an international treaty.
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van Dis, E. A. M., Bollen, J., Zuidema, W., van Rooij, R., & Bockting, C. L. (2023) · Nature · doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00288-7 · Cited by 1,842
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- Authors
- George, A., & Walsh, T.
- Affiliations
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
- Corresponding author
- George, Alexandra
- Walsh, Toby
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2022-05-24
- Volume
- 605
- Issue
- 7911
- Pages
- 616-618
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W4282915387
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 10 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 4
- FWCI
- 2.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- www.springer.com/tdm (vor)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Law, AI, and Intellectual Property
- Social Sciences › Law › Intellectual Property Law
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Intellectual Property and Patents
- Keywords
- artificial intelligence, patent law, inventorship, intellectual property, international treaties
- MeSH terms
- Artificial Intelligence, Legislation as Topic, Patents as Topic
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