Current patent laws are inadequate for artificial intelligence related intellectual property: TCS

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has published a new report titled Understanding the Dynamics of Artificial Intelligence in Intellectual Property. Designed to provide technologists, academicians, entrepreneurs, professionals and policymakers with insights on the frontiers in AI-related research and IP management and protection, the report was released today in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at the 5th International Conference on IPR, organized by CII in collaboration with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Government of India, and the Intellectual Property Office, India, said a press release from the company. The report captures trends in AI-related research globally, noting for example that while machine learning is the most common AI technique, mentioned in 89% of the patents filed, deep learning (DL) is the fastest-growing technique mentioned in patent filings. Another finding is that the highest number of patent families is in computer vision (49%), NLP (14%) and speech processing (13%). While it is no surprise that the US and China lead the world in AI-related patents, it comes as an eye-opener that China leads the world in deep learning, with the Chinese Academy of Sciences owning the largest DL-related patent portfolio and Baidu leading the pack among corporates globally.