Early-stage companies often face questions as to whether artificial intelligence can be protected and the best strategy for doing so.
Without an understanding of how to protect their R&D investment and claim technology as proprietary, startup companies are leaving a tool behind.
Companies are trying to understand the opportunities to protect their innovation.
Artificial intelligence software is patentable and applicants are looking for protection at a rapid rate. In 2000, the US Patent and Trademark Office received about 10,000 applications for artificial intelligence, and by 2020 they had received about 80,000.
We have been getting patent protection for artificial intelligence innovations for a long time despite some challenges. An example of training a neural network can be found in the guidance issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Improvements in a model, an implementation of a model, improved training or other aspects can be patented.
Disclosure of technology, whether planned at a conference or a partner meeting, or unplanned and incidental, may cause a forfeiture of patent rights.
Planning/control, knowledge processing, speech, artificial intelligence hardware, evolutionary computation, natural language processing, machine learning and vision are included in the definition of artificial intelligence by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
If a company has an innovative feature that distinguishes itself from competitors, patent protection might be a worthwhile tool to gain a competitive advantage.
Patents can be used to prevent others from making, using, selling, or selling an illegal product. We look at the claims when asserting that another company is violating a patent. If another company practices all of the elements of a claim, then that company is violating the law.
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