13 April 2022PatentsAlex Baldwin

Australia reverses DABUS AI inventorship ruling

The Federal Court of Australia has overturned its prior ruling that artificial intelligence (AI) can be a named inventor on a patent application, striking down the last year’s surprising win for Stephen Thaler and his ongoing AI inventorship campaign.

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