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AI and computer programs in UK patent law: a messy mix
2025
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Title
AI and computer programs in UK patent law: a messy mix
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Item Type
Journal article
Description
1 online resource
Summary
The legal position in the United Kingdom (UK) has unfortunately reached the unsatisfactory stage where judges who are not technologically trained are, in effect, defining technology in their interpretation of statutes. The decision of the UK Court of Appeal in the patent case of Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks v Emotional Perception AI Limited1 dealt with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology but unfortunately, the Court appeared unaware of its own misunderstanding of the complex technology and proceeded to give its judgment based on misconceptions of the technologies. This article does not argue for or against the policy of whether AI technological techniques ought to be afforded patent protection—this is a much larger multifactorial policy question beyond the scope of this article. The aim of this article is to argue that a better judicial understanding of computer technology, especially of AI, is urgently needed, and a clearer legal definition of "a program for a computer" is long overdue.
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Series
European Intellectual Property Review, 0142-0461 ; E.I.P.R. 2025, 47(4), 185-191
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Published
[New York, NY] : Thomson Reuters, 2025.
Language
English
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