[Question] EfficientAD is patented by MVTec in Japan #2526
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It seems that EfficientAD is patented by MVTec, at least in Japan. https://patentscope2.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=JP394418688&_fid=EP393389056 |
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Are you sure if it is Efficient AD? I cannot see the details due to the language barrier. However, when I look at the list of the authors of the patent documents, I can see they don't match the that of Efficient AD authors. Paul Bergman, for example, is the author of the dataset, some previous mvtec papers, but he is currently not with mvtec anymore. |
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Also, the EfficientAD in Anomalib was implemented by @alexriedel1, by following the details in the paper, which is publicly available on ArXiv. |
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@samet-akcay |
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It is also patented in europe under this patent. It didnt fully read it yet and dont know if it would affect EfficientAD |
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Thanks for sharing @alexriedel1. I could contact the authors to see |
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Quick update on the issue. I had contact with the authors of the paper. Comment by MVTec Software GmbH: So for now I would not recommend to further make use of this architecture unless used for small private projects |
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Our plan is to implement GLASS and GLAD papers into Anomalib, both of which already outperforms EfficientAd. Once added, these models could be used instead of EfficientAd. |
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That's great news. Where can we track development of the implemention of these models? |
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That some lovely news. |
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Quick update on the issue. I had contact with the authors of the paper.
Comment by MVTec Software GmbH:
In general, GCAD as well as EfficientAD can fall within the scope of the patent. Consequently, we strongly discourage the use of open-source implementations of the algorithms, e.g. provided within the anomalib library, to avoid IP conflicts and legal consequences.
So for now I would not recommend to further make use of this architecture unless used for small private projects