Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction and Setting the Stage for a Law of Algorithms
- Part II Business, Regulations, and Decision-Making with Algorithms
- Part III Intellectual Property and Algorithms
- 16 Inventive Algorithms and the Evolving Nature of Innovation
- 17 Software Patenting and Section 101’s Gatekeeping Function
- 18 Intellectual Property at a Crossroad
- Part IV Criminal Law, Tort Issues, and Algorithms
- Part V Constitutional Law, Human Rights, and Algorithms
- Part VI Applications and Future Directions of Law and Algorithms
- Index
18 - Intellectual Property at a Crossroad
Awarding IP Protection for Algorithms
from Part III - Intellectual Property and Algorithms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2020
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction and Setting the Stage for a Law of Algorithms
- Part II Business, Regulations, and Decision-Making with Algorithms
- Part III Intellectual Property and Algorithms
- 16 Inventive Algorithms and the Evolving Nature of Innovation
- 17 Software Patenting and Section 101’s Gatekeeping Function
- 18 Intellectual Property at a Crossroad
- Part IV Criminal Law, Tort Issues, and Algorithms
- Part V Constitutional Law, Human Rights, and Algorithms
- Part VI Applications and Future Directions of Law and Algorithms
- Index
Summary
This chapter explores the legal protection awarded to algorithms and argues that in the coming decade, with changes in coding methods, awarding IP protection for algorithms might not prevail. Even today, machines controlled by algorithms are outsmarting humans in many areas. For example, advanced algorithms influence markets and affect finance, commerce, human resources, health, and transportation.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms , pp. 391 - 404Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020