Comment on US patent office confirms AI can’t hold patents
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 11 months agoUnfortunately the US moved from a first-to-invent system to a first-to-patent a few years back. Terrible idea.
And for the record, the US was one of the last western countries to switch
Buttons@programming.dev 11 months ago
Prior art is still a thing though, and invalidates a patent. I think first to file just means you can’t keep an idea secret and then “surprise!, we already invented that be we’ve been keeping it a secret!”. If you publish an idea, it establishes prior art and, in theory, prevents future patents of that idea.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Unfortunately I’ve seen plenty of patents misused exactly as you described. Patent trolls are a thing