Emotional Perception AI to go to the UK Supreme Court

The UK Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal in Emotional Perception AI. Read our report of the Court of Appeal decision here. 

Quick Recap

In July 2024, the Court of Appeal ruled that Emotional Perception AI’s patent application, concerning a neural network-based tool for recommending music files based on “emotional similarity” with another music file, related to a program for a computer and did not make the necessary technical contribution required to obtain patent protection. In doing so it overruled the High Court’s decision (which we reported here) which held that unique features of neural networks meant that the invention in question fell outside of the definition of computer program.

Following the Court of Appeal’s decision, the IPO quickly suspended changes made to guidelines for examination following the High Court’s decision and issued new