The Report takes a comprehensive look at a wide variety of stakeholder views on the impact of AI across the intellectual property (IP) landscape, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret policy, as well as developing issues about database protection.
Name in original language
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Report on Public Views on AI and Intellectual Property Policy
Initiative overview
Building on the momentum of those discussions, on 27 August 2019, the USPTO issued a request for comments (RFC) on patenting AI inventions.The RFC sought feedback from stakeholders on a variety of patent policy issues, such as AI's impact on inventorship and ownership, eligibility, disclosure, and the level of ordinary skill in the art. The comment period closed in November 2019. The USPTO received 99 comments from a wide range of stakeholders, including individuals, associations, corporations, and foreign IP offices. In October 2019, the USPTO issued a second RFC related to the impact of AI on other IP policy areas, including copyrights, trademarks, database protections, and trade secret law. The comment period for the second RFC closed in January 2020. The USPTO received 98 comments from a wide range of stakeholders. Following the conclusion of the comment periods, a team of experts assembled from across the USPTO examined the responses and generated the Report on Public Views on AI and Intellectual Property Policy.The initiative has the following objective(s):To promote the understanding and reliability of IP rights in relation to AI technology.To ensure that appropriate IP incentives are in place to encourage further innovation in and around this critical area.
Name of responsible organisation (in English)
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
