Trends and developments in Artificial Intelligence : challenges to the intellectual property rights framework : final report / prepared by IViR-University of Amsterdam and The Joint Institute for Innovation Policy .-- Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2020 .-- 178 p. : gráf. ; 1 documento PDF

This Report examines copyright and patent protection in Europe for AI-assisted outputs in general and in three
priority domains: science (in particular, meteorology), media (journalism), and pharmaceutical research. It comprises
an assessment of the state of the art of uses of AI in the three focus areas, and a legal analysis of how IP laws
currently apply to AI-assisted creative and innovative outputs.
The Report concludes that the current state of the art in AI does not require or justify immediate substantive
changes in copyright and patent law in Europe. The existing concepts of copyright and patent law are sufficiently
abstract and flexible to meet the current challenges from AI. In addition, related rights regimes potentially extend
to “authorless” AI productions in a variety of sectors, and the sui generis database right may offer protection to
AI-produced databases resulting from substantial investment.

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Inteligencia Artificial


IA
Intellectual Property Rights
artificial intelligent
copyright
patent protection
AI-assisted


Comisión Europea. Dirección General de Redes de Comunicación, Contenido y Tecnologías
Institute for Information Law IViR
The Joint Institute for Innovation Policy (JIIP)