European Commission on trends and developments in AI
On Wednesday 25 November European Commission published an extensive Final Report on Trends and Developments in Artificial Intelligence in the EU.
The report takes a deep dive in copyright and patent protection for AI-generated or AI-assisted outputs, particularly in the fields of science, media, and pharmaceutical research. The report explains that the current state of the art of AI does not (yet) warrant radical changes of copyright and patent systems that are supposedly still flexible enough to adapt to the AI’s development. European Commission expressly emphasises the importance of related rights regimes to cover certain “authorless” AI productions where the classical copyright might fail. The Report also takes a look into the future and identifies certain areas where future legal reforms might be most sensible, all the while offering suggestions and recommendations for improvements of existing rules.
The Report in-full is available here. Take a look!
The 4th Open Knowledge Day took place on Tuesday 17 October 2023, with an accompanying workshop on 18 October 2023. This year it was organised by the Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute (ODIPI) and supported by Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21).
We invite you to the fourth Open Knowledge Day and the workshop, which will take place this year within the framework of the programme and with the support of Knowledge Rights 21. The event will bring together experts from different European countries to discuss two topics: the first part will deal with the legal basis for data analytics, which is a key part of machine learning and related artificial intelligence, and the general exception for research. In the second part, open science in theory and practice will be presented both in Slovenia and in some Western Balkan countries. Representatives of research and educational institutions from Slovenia and the Western Balkan countries, as well as interested members of the public, are invited to attend.
Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, a renowned expert in copyright law, has joined the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, where she will serve as an affiliate researcher for the next two years.
On Friday, October 6, 2023, the online seminar “Practical Experiences in Resolving Copyrights of Modern Book Works” took place. The seminar addressed relevant questions concerning user access to literary works in digital form.