Artsactive call for patents filed by artists:

Leonardo/OLATS, member of the ARSTACTIVE network brings to
your attention:

Artsactive call for patents filed by artists:

Artsactive network has established a list of artists who
have filed patents and is seeking to expand it. The project
isled by Robert Thill (www.clancco.com ).

If you have been filed a patent or if you know artists who
has filed patents, please send us an e-mail with the
information to info[@]artsactive.net.

To view the current list, see
www.artsactive.net/en/resources/patents/

One of Artsactive aims has been to develop ways of
evaluating and assessing the impact of artistic
contributions to what is broadly called 'innovation'. We
acknowledge there are many different ways in which this can
be done and we are keen to explore and discuss this
spectrum. One key area of analysis is how and to what degree
legal systems are being used to support or exploit this
contribution.

To start the process of investigation we are looking at how
and where the patenting system has been used within
collaborations or by artists who have been working with
science, technology or business. One question we might raise
is to what extent the filing of patents (and building
examples and models of this) can help to boost the profile
of artists as formal researchers within art and science and
art and industry/technology collaborations. By creating a
list, we wish to promote the idea that artists are also
investigators and we seek to offer examples of how and where
artists have been formally recognised as such. Registering a
patent is a specific way of demonstrating that an
investigation is new and innovative.

Please indicate the types of patents from the following
three categories:

(*) Patents related to the artistic work

(**) Patents related to other professional activities of the
artist

(***) Patents related to both artistic work and other
professional activities of the artist

Again, please send the information to info[@]artsactive.net.

Artsactive is a network of organisations that place artists
in science and industry residencies
http://www.artsactive.net/en/ It is coordinated by Arantxa
Mendiharat and the Disonancias organisation in Spain:
http://www.disonancias.com/en/