Ep. 117: Can A Robot Get A Patent?

Published: Aug. 24, 2019, 4 a.m.

b'For the first time ever, patent applications have been filed for a pair of inventions that were created by artificial intelligence \\u2013 a situation that will force patent offices to grapple with thorny questions straight out of science-fiction. Senior intellectual property reporter Ryan Davis joins us this week to break down the issue. Also this week, Jones Day\\u2019s ongoing discrimination woes; a judicial dustup in DC over a reply-all email about climate change; and a lawsuit against Antonio Brown involving a frozen fish head.'