Abstract
This chapter explores the role of patent protection in algorithmic surveillance and whether ordre public exceptions from patentability should apply to such patents, due to their potential to enable human rights violations. It concludes that in most cases, it is undesirable to exclude algorithmic surveillance patents from patentability, as the patent system is ill-equipped to evaluate the impacts of the exploitation of such technologies. Furthermore, the disclosure of such patents has positive externalities from the societal perspective by opening the black box of surveillance for public scrutiny.
Abstract (translated)
本章探讨了专利保护在算法监视中的作用，以及是否应该对具有这种潜力的专利适用公共权利豁免。它得出的结论是，在大多数情况下，将算法监视专利排除在专利保护之外是不合适的，因为专利制度本身尚无法评估此类技术对人类权利的侵犯影响。此外，这些专利的披露从社会角度来看具有积极的外部性，因为它们为公众审查监视打开了一个透明盒子。
URL
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05534
