Vertinsky, Liza --- "Thinking machines and patent law" [2018] ELECD 1420; in Barfield, Woodrow; Pagallo, Ugo (eds), "Research Handbook on the Law of Artificial Intelligence" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 489

Book Title: Research Handbook on the Law of Artificial Intelligence

Editor(s): Barfield, Woodrow; Pagallo, Ugo

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781786439048

Section: Chapter 18

Section Title: Thinking machines and patent law

Author(s): Vertinsky, Liza

Number of pages: 22

Abstract/Description:

This chapter focuses on the challenges that a thinking machine paradigm of invention—one in which thinking machines play significant and sometimes dominant or even solo roles in the invention process—creates for U.S. patent law. It examines the disconnect between a thinking machine paradigm and the traditional model of inventor and invention that lies at the heart of patent law, explores some of the doctrinal challenges and practical problems that result from this disconnect, and concludes with four considerations to inform a patent policy response.