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Session 2: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, United Kingdom [2021]: Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents Trade Marks and Designs [2021] EWCA Civ 1374, 2022 WIPO Intellectual Property Judges Forum

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Date of Judgment September 21, 2021 Issuing Authority Court of Appeal of England and Wales Level of the Issuing Authority Appellate Instance Type of Procedure Judicial (Civil) Subject Matter Patents (Inventions) Plaintiff/Appellant Stephen Thaler (appellant) Defendant/Respondent Comptroller General of Patents Trade Marks and Designs (respondent) Keywords
Patentability, Artificial intelligence, Processing of patent applications
Judgment/Decision English Session 2: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, United Kingdom [2021]: Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents Trade Marks and Designs [2021] EWCA Civ 1374  HTML Summary English Session 2: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, United Kingdom [2021]: Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents Trade Marks and Designs [2021] EWCA Civ 1374  HTML Other Relevant Legislation or Treaty
PATENTS ACT 1977 (CHAPTER 37, UPDATED ON MARCH 26, 2021) (https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/legislation/details/21055)
WIPO Lex No. 22FORUM011-j