Director Ivy Estoesta was a panelist during the “Copyrights, Patents and Trade Secrets: Access vs. Ownership of AI Training Data, AI-Assisted Authorship vs. Invention, and other IP Conundrums” session at the 2024 AI Law, Ethics, Safety & Compliance Conference hosted by ACI.

During the session, the speakers discussed:

  • Balancing access to AI training data with respect for IP rights in data
  • Discussing the Ethics of Training Models on Copyrighted Content (including fair use considerations)
  • Understanding how AI and IP Protection can collide
  • Overcoming the newest obstacles to obtaining patent rights for AI-assisted inventions and copyrights for AI-assisted works
  • Exploring the potential impact of AI on prior art, the level of skill in the art, and related topics