Last week we discussed the recently decided case of Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks [2023] UKSC 49. In that case, Dr. Thaler, the creator of an Artificial Intelligence machine named DABUS, sought to have patent rights registered to DABUS for some inventions that it had created. Today we bring this case home. Who, according to the laws of Botswana is an inventor for purposes of owning patent rights to an invention?
Who is an Inventor According to Botswana Law
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