GRUR International dà notizia di una decisione dell’ufficio brevettuale taiwanese (incardinato presso un Tribunale/Court, parrebbe dal nome) che rigetta la domanda di brevetto intestata alla intelligenza artificiale.
Manco a dirlo, si tratta del noto sistema di A.I. detto DABUS, autore del quale è il solito Stephen L. Thaler.
Ecco le massime presenti nella cit. rivista:
1. Only a natural person qualifies as an inventor under the patent laws of Taiwan. This reading is confirmed by a plain reading of the relevant statutes, the overall purpose of the patent system, and the inventor’s moral rights to indicate their name in the patent application.
2. An artificial intelligence system (AI) is not a person but an object of rights under the law of Taiwan. As such it cannot become a subject of rights, have legal capacity, or be entitled to legal rights.
3. The fact that an applicant only provides the name of an AI can be considered a failure to indicate the name and nationality of the inventor. If the applicant fails to remedy the omission within the statutory or specified time periods, the patent application shall be lawfully dismissed.