Tag: Stephen Thaler

Can a patent be granted to a machine?

Posted on   |  by Dr Mark Summerfield
There is a case quietly making its way through the Federal Court of Australia that could have profound implications for our conception of what it means to be an...

If you want a patent, it helps to be human

Posted on   |  by Stuart Corner
Earlier this year IP Australia rejected a patent application from Dabus. The problem: Dabus is not human, it is artificial artificial intelligence software that had come up with something...