Australian court rules AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings, days after South Africa granted a patent in which AI was designated as the inventor (Simon Sharwood/The Register)

Simon Sharwood / The Register:
Australian court rules AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings, days after South Africa granted a patent in which AI was designated as the inventor  —  IP lawyer says decision is bad because the last thing we need is robot patent trolls  —  An Australian Court has decided …