AI and Intellectual Property
Every day, news about Artificial Intelligence (AI) fills the media, often highlighting negative aspects, such as the creation of fake photographs of celebrities or even strikes by screenwriters in Hollywood demanding protection against AI. However, rather than succumbing to the usual pessimism, we will focus here on an overview of how AI is influencing the IP arena and the opportunities it presents.
AI as author
AI has been involved in the generation of inventions for a long time. It has been used internally to inspire ideas, assist in the creation of test scenarios and, most commonly, incorporate AI tools into technical solutions to address specific problems, such as classification, text, image and speech recognition, or big data analytics.