World Wild West: IP Challenges with Generative AI

While certain forms of artificial intelligence (AI) have been integrated into daily life for years now, the use of generative AI has seen a sharp rise in popularity and adoption in the past year. Products such as ChatGPT, Bing Chat, or Bard now give virtually anyone with access to the internet a free tool that can almost instantly generate text and images in response to a prompt. Yet the widespread use of this technology has created a slew of intellectual property concerns. These include disputes over the uncompensated and often unsanctioned use of copyrighted materials by developers in the data sets that train their models, the challenge of patenting work created by AI, and questions over who is entitled to compensation in such cases. Attorneys seeking to better understand the technology and the dynamic intellectual property it creates will find this webinar by domestic and international AI and technology law experts a fascinating tool to navigate this developing domain.

In this webinar, our expert panelists begin reviewing what AI is, how it works, and what makes generative AI distinct. Our subject matter experts continue by discussing the application of existing intellectual property law to generative AI use and highlight some of the many legal issues that this technology raises. The speakers then outline recent and relevant cases in the United States and Europe that involve generative AI and its intellectual property concerns, highlighting the current legal landscape around the technology. Finally, our panelists give their expert insight into what legal developments can be expected around the technology and potential risks that they will pose to AI developers, creators of written and visual work, and generative AI users.