Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence 2600-IBP-IPaAI
The following topics will be the subject of the class:
1) Interplay between Artificial intelligence and IP law – introductory remarks
- What is AI
- What is the scope of IP protection
- Current legal frameworks
2) AI from the perspective of authorship
- IP authorship
- Challenges to traditional human-centric IP frameworks
- Creativity and originality thresholds
3) Ownership of AI generated works
- Legal status of AI
- Balancing innovation incentives with access to knowledge
4) AI tools from the perspective of business
- Scope and limits of IP rights
- Use of AI tools as a part of business strategy
Course coordinators
Type of course
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student:
- explains key concepts related to intellectual property law;
- recognizes and explains selected categories of intellectual property rights
- address the main challenges arising from use of AI tools and their consequences for IP protection in today’s economy;
- discuss key features of the relevant EU legislation and policy relating to intellectual property;
- apply the theoretical categories in real cases.
Assessment criteria
Attendance, class participation, exam (oral or written)
Obligatory attendance, presentation of the group project
Bibliography
- Naim N. (ed.), Developments in Intellectual Property Strategy. The Impact of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and New Technologies, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42576-9
- Picht P.G., Thouvenin F. AI and IP: Theory to Policy and Back Again – Policy and Research Recommendations at the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property. IIC 54, 916–940 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-023-01344-5
- OECD, Intellectual property issues in artificial intelligence trained on scraped data, OECD 2025
- WIPO Technology Trends 2019 – Artificial Intelligence, WIPO 2019
- selected case-law and materials handed out during class