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Business 9 November 2023

Patents, profit, and regulation at the 2023 Exeter Blockchain and Law Conference

A conference by the University of Exeter brings government, academics, and industry figures together to discuss where innovative techs, such as blockchain and AI, intersect with the legal system.

AI technology concept with blurred city lights at night

Business 6 November 2023

Can you obtain AI patents, and can AI be an inventor? The answer is…maybe

At the Exeter Blockchain and Law Conference 2023, Nigel Hanley, head of the examining group at the UKIPO, said whether artificial intelligence could be an 'inventor' is up to the Supreme Court to decide.