I Think, Therefore I Invent: Creative Computers and the Future of Patent Law

Reference

Ryan Abbott, ‘I Think, Therefore I Invent: Creative Computers and the Future of Patent Law’ (2016) 57 Boston College Law Review 1079

Argues that creative computers can meet the requirements for inventorship and should be recognised as inventors, which would incentivise their development, and considers ownership, human displacement and consumer-protection consequences.