artificial intelligence
To be honest, when it comes to artificial intelligence, is the following picture the first thing that comes to your mind?
Steven Allan Spielberg directed the film Artificial Intelligence.
Will smith starred in the movie Robot I.
As an ungrounded field, artificial intelligence is remote and unfamiliar to most people. The understanding and impression of its concept comes more from the science fiction novels and movies you usually watch, which naturally forms the understanding of "artificial intelligence = robot".
"It is a new technical science that studies and develops theories, methods, technologies and application systems that simulate, extend and expand human intelligence." In fact, artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science, involving philosophy, cognitive science, mathematics, neurophysiology and other disciplines. The research scope includes language learning and processing, intelligent search, machine learning, knowledge acquisition, artificial life and many other aspects, which cannot be simply summarized as the above-mentioned "artificial intelligence = robot".
From the concept of 1956 to the establishment of dharma institute, the development of artificial intelligence has gone through 6 1 year Due to various reasons, there are periods of rapid development and stages of stagnation. Patent data show that since 2005, the number of patent applications related to artificial intelligence in major countries around the world has exceeded 60,000; From 20 10 to 20 14, the number of applications increased by 70%. On 20 16, AlphaGo played against Li Shishi's man-machine century weiqi, which pushed artificial intelligence to a new height.
Changes in the number of patent applications for artificial intelligence
From the aspects of trend, heat and resource investment, the development of artificial intelligence is unstoppable. Alibaba Dharma Institute will study, and universities and research institutions will naturally not stop. More and more technology companies will also explore this field. As a result of intellectual labor, artificial intelligence will undoubtedly be linked to intellectual property rights. Although research is very important, it is also essential to protect the research results. Next, we will talk about the protection of artificial intelligence research results from the perspective of intellectual property protection.
1. patent
As mentioned above, the number of artificial intelligence patent applications has changed in recent years, and the conclusion is that it is increasing every year. Searching for China patents with "artificial intelligence" as the key word, we can get 4 107 related data so far.
"Artificial Intelligence" Patent Search Results
As mentioned above, artificial intelligence is not equal to robot, and its research scope ranges from language processing to perception. According to the retrieval results, "a hybrid microgrid power generation and energy storage system", "a vehicle-mounted automatic fire extinguishing device and its use method", "the structure of realizing the bending freedom of mechanical shaft joint by electromagnetic driving" and "the path optimization method of high-energy X-ray region for radiotherapy of various tumors" all belong to the patents in the field of artificial intelligence.
At present, there is no clear and accepted definition of artificial intelligence, and there are different opinions about it. So today we choose a relatively easy-to-understand way to help us understand: let machines achieve tasks that only humans can accomplish. Therefore, no matter what industry, what field, no matter what presentation form, as long as this goal can be achieved, it can be said that artificial intelligence is involved. Patents produced in this process are naturally patents in the field of artificial intelligence; As long as it is a patent, it is protected by the patent law.
Like patents in other industries, patent technology in the field of artificial intelligence needs to be applied for if it wants to be protected. After writing the technical report and submitting the application documents, if the technology meets the requirements of patent novelty, creativity and practicality, it can be successfully applied and then protected by the patent law and other relevant laws.
2. Trademark
When it comes to trademarks in the field of artificial intelligence, they are generally related to enterprises. When an enterprise sets foot in the field of artificial intelligence, its products and services will be produced and sold with its logo, usually called a trademark.
LOGO of robot company in American TV series westworld.
In addition to the patented technology itself, as the owner of patented technology, that is, the enterprise, it is also essential to protect the trademark representing the corporate image. As for the application and protection of trademarks in this field, it is no different from other fields. The key is to "strike first." If you start slowly, you will be registered by others.
3. Copyright
There are two different ways to realize artificial intelligence on computer. One is to use traditional programming technology to make the system present intelligent effect. Since we talk about programming, we have to mention the related software copyright. At first glance, artificial intelligence seems to have nothing to do with copyright. After all, when it comes to copyright, people first think of novels or movies.
In fact, in addition to traditional works such as written works and artistic works, computer software is also one of the objects of copyright protection. If computer programs participate in the realization of artificial intelligence and produce original documents, we can register the copyright of this part and protect it with copyright law.
Software development plan
From this perspective, although artificial intelligence is "ungrounded", once it is regarded as an intellectual property, its management and protection process is not much different from other technologies. Now artificial intelligence is hot, and its development prospects are also considerable. I believe there will be great progress and breakthrough in the near future under the concentrated offensive of all parties. However, how to protect it after research is also the direction that needs to be considered and studied.
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