特許には人間の発明者が必要か?

営業秘密保護法(DTSA)に基づく内部告発者免責の理解
Last Updated: 1月 19, 2026
Updated by: Chris Buntel

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最近、誰もがAIに興奮している。特許X線「分析ツール)。

相変わらず、法制度はテクノロジーについていくのに必死だ。AIも同様で、今年は多くの興味深く難しい問題が猛スピードで浮上している。

米連邦最高裁判所は最近、次のようなCAFCの判例の見直しを拒否した。 特許には発明者がいなければならないAIが創作した発明には与えられない。ニューラルネットワークAIは、人間の「共同発明者」を介さずに、飲料ホルダーと非常用ビーコンライトの新しいプロトタイプを単独で作成した。

著作権の面でも同様で、米国の著作権局は最近、AIが作成した画像に「人間の著作権」がないとして却下した。これは実は、数年前の有名な「猿の自撮り」訴訟と同じようなもので、動物は著作権も訴訟もできないとしたものだ。

では、AIによる創造的なアウトプットや発明に関して、これらのケースは私たちに何をもたらすのだろうか?今後数年間は、活発で興味深い分野になるはずだ。


情報源

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/22-919.html

https://www.copyright.gov/rulings-filings/review-board/docs/a-recent-entrance-to-paradise.pdf

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