AI Wales – AI & Intellectual Property: Safeguarding Innovation & Creation

Something a little difference for our next Face 2 Face AI event in Swansea!

Event Overview: AI Wales – AI & Intellectual Property: Safeguarding Innovation & Creativity
AI is transforming content creation, software development, and digital innovation—but how do copyright, trademarks, and patents apply in this fast-changing landscape?

This AI Wales event is designed for creators, developers, entrepreneurs, and anyone using AI to generate content or develop technology.

What You'll Gain:

• Understanding ownership – Who holds the rights to AI-generated content, code, and media?
• Legal strategies – Protect your work with trademarks, patents, and copyright safeguards.
• Innovation & ethics – How AI-generated content fits within existing legal frameworks.
• Real-world challenges – Hear from industry experts tackling AI-related legal issues.

Who Should Attend?
If you’re an AI-powered creator, software developer, designer, entrepreneur, legal professional, or innovator, this session will provide the insights needed to navigate AI-driven output with confidence.

Don’t let your AI creations fall into legal uncertainty—join us to learn, protect, and lead the way in AI innovation.

Speakers:
Gosia Evans is a leading, internationally-recognised Intellectual Property lawyer in the UK. Cardiff-based, Gosia works for a national law firm Harper James, advising clients in Wales and across the UK in respect of management, protection and enforcement of their Intellectual Property rights.
Gosia will introduce you to the basics of copyright protection, including the recent Government consultation on AI & copyright. Her talk will also touch upon trade mark protection for business.

Martin Arnold is an Associate and European patent attorney at WP Thompson and based in their Cardiff office. He practices in the physics, electronics, and mechanical technical area and regularly works with start-ups and SMEs to help patent their software, machine learning, and AI innovations.
Martin’s talk will introduce what patents are, how to get them, and how they can be used for software and AI innovations. As well as debunking some common myths about software and patents he will also provide considerations for businesses in the software/AI space

Followed by a Q&A session

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Doors will open from 18:30, and we will begin promptly at 18:50. We aim to finish by 20:45, for those catching the train or have other commitments.
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