Law.com Interviews Rich Martinelli on USPTO’s AI Questions

September.10.2019

Orrick’s Rich Martinelli is featured in a Law.com Skilled in the Art panel discussing the USPTO’s questions on patenting artificial intelligence inventions. In discussing whether patent laws would need to be revised where an entity other than a natural person contributed to the conception of an invention, Rich noted, “Accepting inventions made by AI systems would actually require a fundamental re-think of our entire patent system. And since the whole point of AI is as a tool to solve hard problems more easily, we cannot guarantee that the economic balance struck by the patent system is fair for AI-created inventions.”

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Richard F. Martinelli Intellectual Property, Patents

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Intellectual Property
Patents
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
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Internet of Things

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Richard F. Martinelli

New York

He has litigated patents at trial, before the ITC, and on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Rich has counseled clients and rendered opinions on patent validity, infringement and freedom to use. He is a registered patent attorney with experience drafting patents and practicing before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Rich’s patent work has involved a wide range of technologies including image processing, 3d graphics, audio / video compression, computer hardware and software, e-commerce, network technologies, digital rights management and encryption.

Rich also helps companies address the novel litigation and transactional IP issues that arise when developing and working with AI and is a frequent lecturer on these topics.