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Self-evolving AI may require global overhaul of patent law, WIPO advisor says

By Freny Patel ( February 23, 2026, 00:12 GMT | Insight) -- Self-evolving artificial intelligence that challenges the "human-centric" foundations of intellectual property law may potentially require a global overhaul of the World Trade Organization and Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights treaties to address autonomous, non-human innovation and authorship, an Indian judge and chair of WIPO's advisory board said.Global intellectual property regimes may require treaty-level reform to accommodate artificial intelligence, a senior Indian judge said, questioning whether existing World Trade Organization frameworks can withstand the shift away from human-centric innovation....

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