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Berkeley Fellowship Program – Research Seminar
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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In-person: Goldberg Room, UC Berkeley School of Law
Virtual: Zoom
Co-Organized by Berkeley Center for Law and Technology & UC Berkeley Haas
The patent system is undergoing continuous transformation and must adapt to rapid technological advances – particularly in the field of artificial intelligence. While AI technologies and their applications are, in principle, patentable provided that statutory requirements are met, increasing public attention is being paid to inventions generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence. At the same time, questions arise as to how the patent system itself – and the professions operating within it – will be reshaped by the use of AI. This seminar explores these issues with respect to the future of the patent system based on interviews with leading technology companies.
BFP fellows, Nikolaus Thumm (OECD,Technische Universität Berlin, ETH Board) and Gabriel Glänte (Berkeley Haas, AI Sweden, UBB Consulting), will be presenting their preliminary findings and receiving feedback on the IP consequences of AI as both an invention and an inventor.
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