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SCOTUS Denies Cert in Thaler – The Thorny Issue of AI Inventorship

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The Supreme Court yesterday declined to hear a case brought by a computer scientist whose “invention” was in fact created by artificial intelligence. Stephen Thaler was appealing a Federal Circuit decision that interpreted the Patent Act to require a human “inventor” for purposes of obtaining a patent.

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

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One can recognize the importance of God’s names spiritually, of course, as Dr. Tony Evans has in his 2014 book, The Power of God’s Names. ” Evans (2014) at 12. “ find out knowledge of witty inventions.”: ”: Patents Of Natural Processes & Religious Matters. ” Id. at 138-139.