AI & Practical Legal Tips: Contracting Considerations In The Procurement Of AI Solutions

In the second part of our series on the procurement and deployment of AI solutions, we outline below some practical tips for organisations on key areas to address when contracting for an AI solution.

Intellectual Property

Rights of ownership and use around intellectual property will be an important component of any contract for the provision of an AI solution. The types of IP-related provisions that your organisation might wish to consider when contracting for an AI solution include:

• Assurance from the AI provider that it owns or has the necessary licences and permissions to grant you requisite rights to use and benefit from the AI solution;
• Confirming that the AI solution has been created and trained in compliance with IP laws and that your use of the AI solution will not infringe any third party IP rights;