WIPO opens global forum on intellectual property and AI

World Intellectual Property Organization convened its first Global Forum on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence in Geneva on November 9 and 10, as detailed on its website. Governments, creators, researchers and technology companies discussed how intellectual property rules should address inventions and creative works produced with AI.

Discussions covered licensing practices, payment mechanisms for protected material and methods for recording human contributions to inventions created with AI. Participants also examined protections for voice, image and likeness, along with the use of AI in patent search, examination, classification and public services.

More than 5,000 people registered for three days of in person and online sessions. WIPO also tested AI interpretation in seven languages, provided live captions in 20 languages and introduced a beta assistant for exploring Global Innovation Index data. Its Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Interchange holds its first annual meeting on November 11, covering industry workflows, metadata, AI generated content and shared terminology for AI and intellectual property.