Intellectual Property Magazine
AI protection
In the second in a two-part series, Morgan Lewis’ David V Sanker explores the factors when deciding between patent and trade secret protection for AI technology
David V Sanker, Morgan Lewis
Artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to provide global economic growth of $15.7tr by 2030.
1 Intellectual property protection for AI is growing accordingly. For example, “[t]he number of patent applications filed annually
in the AI field grew by a factor of 6.5 between 2011 and 2017.”
2 The author’s earlier article in IPM,
3 identified some of the factors to consider for protecting AI-related technology. The present article addresses some additional
factors.