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The '''Artificial Inventor Project''' ('''AIP''') is a global legal initiative headed by Professor [[Ryan Abbott (lawyer)|Ryan Abbott]] dedicated to pursuing [[intellectual property]] (IP) rights for inventions and creative works generated autonomously by artificial intelligence (AI) systems without traditional human inventorship or authorship. The project coordinates a series of pro bono test cases worldwide, aiming to prompt law reform and public debate on how IP law should accommodate non-human creators.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Research Portal |url=https://openresearch.surrey.ac.uk/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/AI-Generated-Output-and-Intellectual-Property-Rights/99758265802346 |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=openresearch.surrey.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=AI-Generated Output and Intellectual Property Rights: Takeaways from the Artificial Inventor Project |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5083475 |journal=Social Science Research Network | ssrn=5083475 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite
== History ==
In 2019, AIP filed patent applications in multiple jurisdictions, including the United States, United Kingdom, European Patent Office, Australia, Switzerland, and South Africa, naming the AI system [[DABUS]] (Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience), created by Stephen Thaler, as the inventor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Artificial Inventor Project |url=https://www.wipo.int/web/wipo-magazine/article-details/?assetRef=41111&title=the-artificial-inventor-project |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=www.wipo.int |language=en-US}}</ref>
The aim was to challenge legal norms that require inventors to be natural persons and highlight pressing policy questions about AI-generated innovation and IP regimes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilming |first=Martin |date=2024-10-09 |title=The 'Artificial Inventor' in Switzerland |url=https://www.patentlitigation.ch/the-artificial-inventor-in-switzerland/ |access-date=2025-07-28 |website=FPC Review |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>https://law.wm.edu/academics/intellectuallife/researchcenters/clct/exhibit-ai/additional-resources/exhibit-ai---exhibit-15-additional-resources.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2025}}</ref>
== Legal proceedings by jurisdiction ==
=== Australia ===
In July 2021, the [[Federal Court of Australia]] ruled that AI can be considered an inventor under the Patents Act 1990, ordering IP Australia to reinstate the relevant patent.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-07-31 |title=Can artificial intelligence be an inventor? A landmark Australian court decision says it can |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-01/historic-decision-allows-ai-to-be-recognised-as-an-inventor/100339264 |access-date=2025-07-29 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> Though this ruling was later overturned on appeal<ref>https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/2021/879.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2025}}</ref> and further review denied.<ref>https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCAFC/2022/62.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2025}}</ref>
=== United Kingdom ===
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=== United States ===
In ''Thaler v. Hirshfeld (2021)'', a U.S. federal court agreed with the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office|USPTO]] that inventors must be natural persons, rejecting the DABUS application and setting a precedent consistent with existing statute and administrative policy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Jon |date=2020-04-29 |title=US patent office rules that artificial intelligence cannot be a legal inventor |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21241251/artificial-intelligence-inventor-united-states-patent-trademark-office-intellectual-property |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=The Verge |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Willingham |first=A. J. |date=2020-04-30 |title=Artificial Intelligence
=== European Patent Office ===
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