Activities of Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ related to 2020/2015(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making (OJL 123, 12.5.2016) and the Better Regulations Guidelines;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the European Union's global leadership in AI calls for an effective intellectual property system which is fit for the digital age, enabling innovators to bring new products to the market;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas strong safeguards are crucial to protect the European Union’s patent system against abuse to the detriment of innovative AI developers;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas AI technologies, as computer programs, cannot be patented, except under may be protected by patents, except in the case of computer programs or mathematical methods claimed as such, Article 52(3) of the European Patent Convention;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that mathematical methods are excluded from patentability, unless they constitute inventionsare used for a technical purpose in the context of a technical natureinventions, which are then patentable if the applicable criteria relating to inventions are met; points out, further, that if a claim relates either to a method involving technical means or to a device, its purpose, considered as a whole, is technical in nature and it is therefore not excluded from patentability; consequently, notes that innovations in AI are patentable if the criteria relating to inventions are met;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the need for strong safeguards to protect European AI developers from abusive patent practices, such as those deployed by Patent Assertion Entities, which are financial vehicles, not producing or selling any products, but which increasingly buy up patents with the aim of litigating against innovative companies, including SMEs, in order to obtain high settlement fees; calls on the Commission to assess its current guidance related to the application and enforcement of intellectual property rights with regards to such abusive practices;