WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property and Frontier Technologies

What is the WIPO Conversation?

The WIPO Conversation is an open, inclusive, multi-stakeholder forum intended to provide stakeholders with a leading, global setting to discuss the impact of frontier technologies on all IP rights and to bridge the existing information gap in this fast moving and complex field.

The sessions of the Conversation have a truly global reach. Over the last 5 years, almost 9’000 people have participated in the WIPO Conversation, from 172 countries, including Member States, academia, IP professionals and enterprises.

Tenth session of the WIPO Conversation on "Generative AI-IP and Outputs"

AI is rapidly transforming the creative and innovative industries, driving economic progress while sparking debates about its impact on human creativity. As AI tools become increasingly adept at generating content, the key question is whether AI poses a threat to human creators or serves as a valuable collaborator. The IP field, is grappling with the "output problem"—whether AI-generated content should be eligible for Copyright Protection. The field of Copyright has received the most attention with policy makers, courts and many other stakeholders grappling with the new phenomenon that is generative AI.

As courts and relevant authorities focus on the necessity of human involvement, the outcomes of these discussions will have significant implications for businesses worldwide. Furthermore, the rise in AI-generated deepfakes has also resulted in broader IP questions around voice and image rights while some experts have even advocated for a new kind of IP right! The tenth session of the WIPO Conversation “Generative AI: IP and Output” will offer a platform for stakeholders to explore these critical issues.

WIPO Conversation – AI OUTPUT: TO PROTECT, OR NOT TO PROTECT – THAT IS THE IP QUESTION

November 5 and 6, 2024

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Previous sessions of the WIPO Conversation

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Artificial Intelligence and IP

The ninth session covered the question of Gen-AI inputs, exploring the multifaceted relationship between training data and IP

The eighth session covered impact of GenAI on creation of music, images, and other forms of content and a multitude of IP questions related to it.

The sixth session focused on AI inventions and how IP Offices worldwide are supporting AI.

The first three sessions of the WIPO Conversation looked at AI and IP policy and discussed general questions.

conceptual representation of the metaverse

Intellectual Property and the Metaverse

The seventh session looked at the wide spectrum of frontier technologies enabling the metaverse, such as AI, blockchain and the NFTs, emerging AR and VR technologies, the Internet of Things and data processing and discussed the challenges the metaverse poses to the existing IP system.

New Technologies for Intellectual Property Administration

The fifth session looked at the new technologies and assessed their possible uses in IP administration and registration as well as the disruption they may cause to the IP system. It encouraged information sharing across all stakeholders from IPOs to private enterprises and sharing diverse views from IP professionals, innovators, creators and individuals.

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Data and IP

The fourth session discussed some of the background to the current data debates including what data is and why this intangible asset increasingly matters and is changing how we do business, innovate and create.