The IP of Integrating People and Technology

Welcome to the synthesized world of “Techno-Humanism,” the latest episode from IP Goes Pop!®, the place the guarantees and authorized challenges of an augmented future are decoded by means of the lens of popular culture. Be a part of Co-hosts, Shareholders and Mental Property attorneys Michael Snyder and Joseph Gushue as they navigate the interface of IP and transformative applied sciences that may increase human capabilities, each in science fiction and rising actuality.

In a world the place individuals are entwined with know-how, the place the mixing of machine and human is swiftly turning into greater than only a sci-fi trope, our hosts illuminate the potential for technology-enhanced life, scaled creativity, and augmented intelligence.

They draw upon well-known figures corresponding to DC Comics’ Cyborg and Marvel’s Winter Soldier to border the dialogue, highlighting how these characters present a dramatic, albeit fictionalized, commentary on the human situation amplified by superior know-how.

As Michael and Joe discover the Borg from Star Trek, a formidable collective that erases individuality in favor of uniformity, they pull again the veil on how inventive constraints and creativeness resulted in some of the iconic sci-fi representations of techno-humanism. This dialog segues right into a take a look at the genesis of our on-line world as envisioned by William Gibson in Neuromancer and within the “forward of its time” movie adaptation Johnny Mnemonic, starring Keanu Reeves.

The hosts unravel the complexities across the patenting of bioengineered life kinds, analyzing what distinguishes bioengineered entities like artificial insulin from unpatentable naturally occurring parts. This exploration extends to the groundbreaking know-how of Neurolink chips, presently safeguarded by patents, which maintain the promise of revolutionary medical remedies and cognitive enhancements.

The episode then explores the quickly evolving questions of inventorship in an period the place human augmentation would possibly turn into a supply of creativity or innovation. The ripples of this technological integration contact on the ideas outlined within the Patent Act and Copyright Act, sparking a debate on the intersections between authorized protocols for synthetic intelligence and looming human know-how augmentation.

As Joe anticipates the normalization of AR and VR applied sciences with the introduction of Apple Vision Pro, the podcast underscores the importance for pioneers to bravely undertake—and adapt to—these rising improvements. Concurrently, the episode ponders the authorized frameworks which have but to totally grapple with such developments.

If you happen to’re enthusiastic about mental property, bioethical dilemmas, the way forward for know-how, or simply love a superb authorized quandary set towards a backdrop of popular culture, this episode is tailor-made for you. So, put in your considering caps, open a window in your Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, or flip in your Neuralink Chips and tune in to the IP Goes Pop!® podcast. Obtainable without cost wherever you discover your different podcasts!

Timestamps:

01:19 Defining Techno-Humanism

02:36 Exploring human-machine mixture in comedian guide characters

06:58 Star Trek and The Borg Collective

• The origin story of the Borg

09:29 Affect of William Gibson on Science Fiction

• Neuromancer, 1984 novel (a part of the Sprawl Sequence)
• Johnny Mnemonic (1995) with Keanu Reeves
  • Info Transportation
  • How patent regulation would possibly apply
• “Our on-line world” time period and conception invention
• Relationship of Science Fiction and Science
• Gridlinked, Neal Asher

15:12 Blade Runner (1982)

• Based mostly on the guide Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip Ok. Dick
• Harrison Ford as Detective Rick Deckard
• Mental property challenges raised in Blade Runner
  • Line of Patentable Expertise in Bioengineering

20:04 Augmenting Human Our bodies with Expertise and Patenting Life Kinds

• Neuralink Chips
  • Areas of patent protection
    • Interfacing – how information is enter, processed, and output
    • How the chip is implanted and sensors related to a selected chip (arrays through which the chip is embedded within the mind)
  • Anticipated use case examples and predictions
  • List of Patents Issued to Neuralink
• The State of the Legislation
  • Previous IP Goes Pop! Episodes on Synthetic Intelligence
  • Augmented inventorship vs. AI-assisted
    • Contrasting interpretations of the Patent and Copyright Acts
  • Stage of human involvement
  • Originalist view

29:34 Closing Ideas – Resistance is Futile

• Timeline of the know-how
• Apple Vision Pro
  • Shift to “spatial computing”
• Chance for incapacity therapies pushed by these applied sciences
• “The Pioneers” of Tomorrow