11th Session of the WIPO Conversation on IP & Frontier Technologies: Infrastructure for Rights Holders and Innovation

11th Session of the WIPO Conversation on IP & Frontier Technologies: Infrastructure for Rights Holders and Innovation

Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo   April 21, 2025   No comments:

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will hold the Eleventh Session of the WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property and Frontier Technologies (formerly WIPO Conversation on IP and AI) on 23 and 24 April 2025.

The theme of the eleventh session is “Infrastructure for Rights Holders and Innovation”. The session aims to bring together stakeholders to discuss, inter alia, the challenges that AI poses for copyright, including rights management, attribution and compensation. 

The agenda comprises the following topics:

• Copyright infrastructure.
• Infrastructure for training data.
• Infrastructure for outputs.
• The EU AI Act and Code of Practice.

The list of speakers is available here. The event will be held in a hybrid format. Registration is still open for a wider audience (virtual). If you haven’t registered, the live webcast of the session will be available here.

If you have a craving for more WIPO on IP and AI, do not forget to review here a list of sources at the bottom of the article.

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10th Session of the WIPO Conversation on IP & Frontier Technologies, AI Output: To Protect, or Not to Protect – that is the IP Question

10th Session of the WIPO Conversation on IP & Frontier Technologies, AI Output: To Protect, or Not to Protect – that is the IP Question

Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo   November 03, 2024   No comments:

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will hold the Tenth Session of the WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property and Frontier Technologies (formerly WIPO Conversation on IP and AI) on 5 and 6 November 2024.

The theme of the tenth session is “AI Output: To Protect, or Not to Protect—That is the IP Question.” The session aims to bring together stakeholders to discuss, inter alia, the relationship between AI-generated content and IP, evaluate current practices, and propose practical solutions.

The agenda comprises the following topics:

• From patentability dilemmas to copyright conundrums: Economic perspective.
• Current copyright landscape: Where does AI fit in?
• Pay per use? AI outputs, training data and the infringement question.
• Deepfakes, cheap fakes, voice jacking and other AI manipulations.
• Technical cooperation for the benefit of all.
• Connecting the dots: Industry solutions to identify AI outputs.

The list of speakers is available here. The event will be held in a hybrid format. Registration was open for WIPO members & Observers (onsite) and a wider audience (virtual). If you haven’t registered, the live webcast of the session will be available here.

If you have a craving for more WIPO on IP and AI, do not forget to review here a list of sources at the bottom of the article.

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9th Session of the WIPO Conversation on IP & Frontier Technologies: Training the Machines – Bytes, Rights and the Copyright Conundrum

9th Session of the WIPO Conversation on IP & Frontier Technologies: Training the Machines – Bytes, Rights and the Copyright Conundrum

Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo   March 10, 2024   No comments:

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will hold the Ninth Session of the WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property and Frontier Technologies (formerly WIPO Conversation on IP and AI) on 13 and 14 March 2024.

The theme of the ninth session is “Training the Machines—Bytes, Rights and the Copyright Conundrum”, which aims to bring together stakeholders to discuss the multifaceted relationship between IP and training data. The event will foster a holistic understanding of the impact of training data on the IP landscape by evaluating current practices, proposing practical solutions, and envisioning future direction.

The agenda comprises the following topics:

• The current IP state of play: Training data containing copyright-protected works.
• Does litigation really solve everything? A litigation tracker.
• Can regulation keep up? Navigating the evolving regulatory landscape.
• Can contractual frameworks mitigate the IP risk until regulation catches up?
• Shaping a possible way forward: New approaches for the new AI age.
• Presentation: Generative AI, training data and innovation – how large language models are acceleration scientific break throughs.

The list of speakers is available here. The event will be held in a hybrid format. Registration was open for WIPO members & Observers (onsite) and a wider audience (virtual). If you haven’t registered, the live webcast of the session will be available here.

If you have a craving for more WIPO on IP and AI, do not forget to review here a list of sources at the bottom of the article.

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