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Artificial Intelligence, Inventorship and the Patent System
1Jun
Webinar Artificial Intelligence, Inventorship and the Patent System
Monday 1 June
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The rapid growth and adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) raises a number of different issues for the patent system, and more generally for intellectual property rights as a whole. One area of particular controversy is inventorship. As the law is currently applied by the IPO and the EPO, a patent application requires the identification of at least one human inventor. In this webinar we look at potential problems with the present approach, and review suggestions for a way forward from both a legal and practical perspective. The webinar ties in with other recent CIPA activity relating to AI, including a CIPA discussion paper concerning key issues and submissions to a WIPO consultation.
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Fellows, Students
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Simon Davies, Chair of Computer Technology Committee and Director Altair IPSimon Davies, Chair of Computer Technology Committee and Director Altair IP
Simon is chair of the CIPA computer technology committee and a director of Altair IP. He has many years of experience working across the full spectrum of computing and has also performed research in electrical engineering and high energy astrophysics. He started his career as a patent attorney with IBM and was a partner for many years at D Young & Co LLP.
Rachel Free, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLPRachel Free, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Dr Rachel Free is a partner in the patent team at International Law Firm CMS where she helps clients to protect their technology through patents. She has an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and a DPhil in Vision Science. She qualified as a European and UK patent attorney in the last century and has worked on AI patent drafting and prosecution through her career. Rachel is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on AI (APPG AI) which advises parliamentarians regarding AI. Rachel Free is a gold ranked individual – IAM Patent 1000, United Kingdom: England and Wales 2025, and is individually ranked as a next generation partner in Legal 500 2025. Rachel is recognized in the IAM global leaders 2026.
Coreena Brinck, Two IP LimitedCoreena Brinck, Two IP Limited
Dr Coreena Brinck has over 20 years of experience as a UK and European patent attorney. For much of her career as a patent attorney she worked in-house in the communications industry holding senior roles at both British Telecommunications and Nokia Technologies. She returned to private practice in 2017.
Coreena currently works as a fractional head of intellectual property for a Swedish artificial general intelligence start-up and part-time in private practice as a patent attorney consultant for Two-IP Ltd where she mostly handles interdisciplinary and/or complex systems technology involving computer implemented inventions, and some optical and green tech related technology. She is an NED IP advisor for an EV charging cable management company and is a cofounder of The Brinck Sanders consultancy which offers support and advice to firms and individuals adapting to AI in their workplace.
When not working, Coreena likes to relax in the garden with her two dogs and her husband.
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