AI and IP: Building a Research Agenda – City Law Forum

Artificial intelligence poses new questions for intellectual property (IP) law. Can machines be inventors for purposes of patent law? Is new legislation required to govern AI creativity? Courts, IP offices, and legislators in multiple jurisdictions are considering these questions. By now, there is a well-developed and comprehensive academic literature which analyses the interface between IP and AI. And while there will always be room for further analysis of such questions as technology progresses, there is diminishing marginal returns to such inquiries at this point in time.