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Patenting artificial intelligence

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8 November 2018
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The other day, my colleague Patrick and I were attending a conference on artificial intelligence and the opportunities and challenges for the patent system at the German Patent and Trademark Office.

We decided to document this in kind of a vlog-style video and share some thoughts on the patentability of AI innovations:

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I'm a European patent attorney specializing in software patents and a partner in one of the most renowned IP only firms in Europe.

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