Abstract
The present article aims at analysing and discussing the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare and the emerging legal issue of patenting the AI technology. The document elaborately explains the meaning of AI in legal sense and briefly describes the types of intellectual property rights including patents. It presents an international aspect as to granting of patents to AI inventions and highlights the challenges involved in the same. Further, the impact of AI in medical care is also dealt with in the present article. Finally, it presents an Indian perspective of the issue as well discussing the landmark judgements and legislations involved.
Introduction
Healthcare, in today’s era, is witnessing technological advancement driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), essentially in the fields of diagnosis and administrative processes. With this advancement, new challenges have also emerged, particularly in intellectual property rights and the patentability of these AI-generated inventions. The present article aims at elaborately discussing the challenges involved in patenting AI, particularly in the area of healthcare and puts forward an international outlook of the same.