UK Supreme Court ruling on patents and AI is boost for innovation, lawyers say

(Corrects law firm name in final paragraph to Marks & Clerk, not Clerks) LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - An artificial neural network, a type of artificial intelligence ‌which can engage in machine learning, can be patented, the United Kingdom's Supreme ‌Court ruled on Wednesday in a decision welcomed by lawyers as a boost for patenting AI innovations. Emotional ​Perception AI applied for a patent for an artificial neural network (ANN) which can recommend media files, such as music, and which it says is abl ...