[Germany/AI Inventorship]
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Article information
Article type: Case note
Category: Europe
Topics: AI and intellectual property, Creators and inventors
First published on this website: 2026-11-01
Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026
Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-11-11 (Japan time). Full English translation.
[Germany/AI Inventorship]
For a patent application naming the artificial intelligence “DABUS” as inventor, Germany's Federal Court of Justice held that artificial intelligence cannot be an inventor.
An EPO Board of Appeal also refused a patent application naming “DABUS” as inventor.
Japan takes the same approach.
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