Intellectual Property In The Wake Of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence systems ("AI") have been a hot topic in recent years and, although we might not yet be aware, aspects of AI have already found their way into our daily lives.

Introduction

AI is already being used in ways we may not expect such as in music composition or in writing of the news articles we read daily. It is certain that the use of innovative AI, particularly in terms of content generation, will grow to unimaginable heights in the coming years.

This begs the question, what does the future hold for intellectual property ("IP") with the onset of such innovations? A decade ago, discussions about AI may have come across as science fiction – not so today. Many of today's leading scientists argue that it is no longer a question of "if" AI may start becoming more autonomous and independent but "when". On the transport front for instance, the onset and prevalence of autonomous driverless cars in the next decade is a foregone conclusion. Yet,