The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued guidance concerning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools by parties and practitioners, warning “that they must ensure that filings are accurate and humans played a role in inventions.”
USPTO made clear that ethical obligations for attorneys have not changed, even though AI can make some tasks easier, and “practitioners need to use common sense and not rely on AI without checking it, which everyone should have been doing anyhow,” said partner Dion Bregman.