AI And IP – Driving Innovation And Digital Health

Curated data, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) have been driving innovation across many sectors. The Covid-19 outbreak has triggered an acceleration in its use in the development of digital health, from modelling the outbreak and predicting patient demand, to drug development and diagnosis. Intellectual property law will need to adapt to protect investment in developments and enable innovation.

Protection of data as an asset

Data has been and remains a key driver for growth. It is the fundamental basis that empowers AI. With more and more data being gathered and AI allowing more sophisticated analysis of large data volumes, the options for data-based business models and commercialising data are increasing. Digital services are often provided in exchange for data rather than a service fee. It is therefore no surprise that, as the importance of data as the "new currency" increases, so do the associated legal issues.