We are pleased to share that Joshua B. Goldberg, Co-Managing Partner at Nath, Goldberg & Meyer, has been published through Springer Nature.
His article, Artificial intelligence and the “natural person” criterion in patent inventorship , addresses a timely issue for university research leaders: how AI, research activity, publication, and intellectual property are becoming increasingly interconnected.
For department heads, this is no longer a distant legal topic. Researchers are using AI tools, generating patentable discoveries, collaborating across institutions, and publishing at a faster pace than ever. That creates opportunity, but it also creates risk when innovation becomes public before the institution has fully considered ownership, disclosure, inventorship, and commercialization strategy.
Josh’s article offers a practical lens for university leaders who want to support academic research while also protecting the long-term value of institutional innovation.
You can read the article here: Arabi_et_al-2026-AI_and_Ethics
