When: Thursday, April 25, 2024, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PMWhere: Lecture Theatre, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, 69 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A
On Thursday 25 April 2024 at 1pm the AI Ethics and Society Group at Queen Mary University of London hosted a panel session, exploring the implications of generative AI for the protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property rights. As more and more cases are brought to courts by IP rights holders against generative AI companies, regulators start paying close attention to this technology. Professor Chris Reed, Professor Johanna Gibson and Professor Noam Shemtov discussed what is at risk, why, and what can be done about it. Key issues included the copyrightability of AI generated content, the use of copyright works without permission in the training and development of a generative AI models and the extent to which copyright exceptions can benefit generative AI companies. This session was chaired by Dr Margarita Amaxopoulou and offered interesting and relevant insights to anyone working in or with Generative AI and IP.
Speakers
Chris Reed is Professor of Electronic Commerce Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London. He has worked exclusively in the computing and technology law field since 1987, and teaches University of London LLM students from all over the world. He has published widely on many aspects of computer law; recent books include Rethinking the Jurisprudence of Cyberspace (with Andrew Murray, Edward Elgar 2018) and Making Laws for Cyberspace (OUP 2012). His newest book, AI Fairness and Beyond: Law, Regulation, and Technology, will be published by Hart in 2024. Chris researches the regulation of artificial intelligence technologies, with particular focus on (a) the proper scope and shape of regulation, (b) self- and community-based regulatory systems and their interaction with substantive law and regulation, (c) governance systems for regulatory compliance, and (d) allocation of liability within the Ai ecosystem.
Johanna Gibson is Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Academic Director of the Intellectual Property Law LLM and the Deputy Director of the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS). She is also Editor-In-Chief of the Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property* (QMJIP). She has consulted widely to industry, government, NGOs and practitioners, and has been a visiting professor to institutions around the world, including the Queensland University of Technology (Australia), Monash University (Australia), the University of Toronto (Canada) and the Institute of Musical Research (School of Advanced Studies, UK). Johanna’s research interests are in intellectual property and the creative industries.
Professor Noam Shemtov (tbc) is Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law and Director of Queen Mary Intellectual Property research Institute. He lectures in areas of intellectual property, creative industries and technology and his research interests are also focused in these fields. He has been recognised by the European Patent Office as a leading voice in the field of digital technologies and intellectual property. Noam has led research projects and studies funded by UK Research Councils and by industry, national, supranational and commercial organizations, such as CreativeWorks London, CISAC, Microsoft, WIPO, European Patent Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the European Space Agency.
Chairing
Dr Margarita Amaxopoulou is a Researcher on the Cloud Legal Project, currently conducting research on legal and regulatory implications of generative AI. Margarita is interested in the ethical, legal and societal aspects of new and emerging technologies and has a background in socio-legal and regulation studies. Her PhD, which she obtained from King’s College, London (KCL), explored how AI regulation processes trigger institutional changes in the UK and the EU, involving interviews with AI regulation participants. Her doctoral work was supported by the ‘Anthony Guest PhD Scholarship’, a scholarship from Onassis Foundation, and a scholarship from A.G. Leventis Foundation. Margarita has obtained an LLM in Transnational Law from KCL (Distinction), with the support of a Yeoh Tiong Lay Scholarship, and an LLB from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (valedictorian).