Second session of the WIPO Conversation on IP & AI
Between 7 and 9 July the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) organised the second session of the Conversation on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence. The first session was held last September. On its basis, WIPO published the Draft Issues Paper on Intellectual Property Policy and Artificial Intelligence on which the interested public then submitted comments. In May, WIPO issued the Revised Issues Paper on Intellectual Property Policy and Artificial Intelligence that has been the basis of the second meeting.
This 3-day event focused on different issues. The topic of the first day was IP protection for AI-generated and AI-assisted works and inventions and related topics. The second day analysed the questions of patentability, inventive step and disclosure. On the third day copyright exceptions, data rights and trade secrets were discussed. Each day, introductory presentations were followed by interventions of different stakeholders (from individuals, different organisations, such as Creative Commons and the international International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to corporations, such as Google and IBM as well as representatives of member states, including the EU). The event was hosted by Mr. François Rivasseau, whereas Francis Gurry, the General Director of WIPO, have the introductory, final and summary speech. The video of the event is published here and the written interventions will bi available on WIPO’s website.
Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič took part of the event as representative of Communia who fully supports the statement of Creative Commons given by Brigitte Vezina during the first and third day of the event.
On 23rd of November, 2021, the European Commission has published two reports in the field of copyright, as required by Directives 2014/26/EU (CRM Directive) and 2019/790 (DSM Directive). They are supported by two studies: Study on emerging issues on collective licensing management in the digital environment, and Study on selected issues relating to the application of the CRM Directive.
A new book “Law and Artificial Intelligence: Issues of Ethics, Human Rights and Social Harm” was published (Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of law in Ljubljana, 2021), the editors of which are prof. dr. Aleš Završnik and dr. Katja Simončič. The author of one of the articles is also dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, LL.M., LL.M., who wrote an article on the topic of whether artificial intelligence can be an author of a copyright work.
Jožef Štefan Institute is organising GO-DIP workshop series, first of them coming on November 19th, 2021 is revolving around software IP and data agreements. The GO-DIP project aims to increase the competencies of knowledge generators and intermediaries. At 15.10 dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, LL.M., LL.M. will be lecturing in the Workshop: Development of a checklist for model digital IP agreements. Welcome!
2nd GPAI Summit will occur from 11-12 November, 2021 in Paris, France. Leading international AI experts from civil society, academia, industry and governments, including ministerial-level delegates from GPAI’s Membership, will come together for GPAI’s annual event. This public-facing event will include reporting on the ten Working Groups’ study topics, including the reporting of Data Governance Working Group (DG WG). Public conferences will be broadcasted live on GPAI’s Youtube channel. Welcome!