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Ten Thousand AI Systems Typing on Keyboards: Generative AI in Patent Applications and Preemptive Prior Art
- Source :
- Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law. Spring, 2024, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p375, 37 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Generative AI makes it possible to create unlimited amounts of text at essentially zero cost. While this technology has many benefits, it can also be used in ways that undermine the goals of the patent system. This Article identifies policy solutions to address the potentially anti-innovative application of generative AI in several patent-related contexts. First, it examines the use of AI to publish massive online databases of preemptive prior art intended to foreclose patentability. This Article argues that computer-generated invention descriptions published without any substantive nexus to human understanding of their contents should not count as 'printed publications' under US patent law. In addition, this Article considers the use of AI to automate the process of writing and filing enormous numbers of patent applications. It also explores the associated market incentives as well as the potential role of regulatory measures and market forces to provide a corrective effect.<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 376 A. Generative Artificial Intelligence 379 B. The Patent System and AI 382 II. AI-GENERATED PREEMPTIVE PRIOR ART DISCLOSURES 386 A. Motivations and Methods 386 [...]
- Subjects :
- Utilitarianism -- Analysis
Artificial intelligence -- Usage -- Intellectual property -- Laws, regulations and rules
Economic incentives -- Laws, regulations and rules
Patentability -- Laws, regulations and rules
Disclosure of information -- Laws, regulations and rules
Online databases -- Intellectual property -- Laws, regulations and rules
Government regulation
Online database
Artificial intelligence
Arts and entertainment industries
Business
Law
Patent Code of 1952 35 U.S.C. 102(a) (35 U.S.C. 102) 35 U.S.C. 112(a)
America Invents Act of 2011
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1942678X
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.795049098