The legal implications of 'creative', artificial intelligent robots

This issue is multifaceted as legal experts try to apply existing law to fast-evolving circumstances -- something that does not always work. There are also differences in national legal systems, so technology companies need to take a global perspective to ensure full realisation of all implications. Another way to protect intellectual property is through patents -- and here the law is even clearer. Patent law requires inventors to be individuals who contributed to the conception or conversion of a concept to a practicality. For example, if an AI created an entirely new semiconductor chip, it could not be protected by patents unless some human intervention took place in the creative process, such as through the person who programmed the AI.