An evolution of AI case law?

Table of contents

• The purpose and remit of an appeal
• The application and first instance decision
• The appeal decision and its wider significance
• Conclusion

Article summary

TMT analysis: Alexander Korenberg, partner, at Kilburn & Strode discusses the appeal heard by the High Court in Reaux-Savonte v Comptroller-General, in which the applicant appealed against a decision by the patent office to refuse an application related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) that was able to evolve without human intervention. The case provides useful commentary on the relevance of theoretical technical contributions that are not supported or disclosed in any technical detail in an application and provides insights into how the UK patent office and the English courts apply the exclusions to patentability to AI related inventions