Intellectual Property Protection For Artificial Intelligence

Beyond the traditional practice of litigation, opinion work and proceeding before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, attorneys are more frequently being engaged by clients confronting the impact of artificial intelligence technology on businesses. Unlike many intellectual property issues that percolate up from the lab bench to the C-suite, interest in developing a strategy for addressing AI is being driven at the highest corporate levels. A panel at the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, for instance, focused on AI as a disruptive technology that will drive productivity as it continues to make its way into enterprise systems and computing platforms.¹

AI in technology in one form or another is an increasingly relied upon tool for conducting business. According to Forbes, the AI market will grow from $8 billion in 2016 to more than $47 billion in 2020. Reports put current AI penetration in businesses at 38 percent, and its adoption is predicted