David Wilson presents AI & IP: Robot as inventor, Robot as infringer
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Rundown:
5.45 pm networking
6.00 pm Welcome and presentation
7.00 pm Networking
7.45 pm Event ends
Talk description:
Part 1 - Robot as Inventor:
In a world first, the Australian Federal Court has just decided (in late July) that an artificial intelligence system can be an inventor for the purposes of the Patents Act. This is a giant leap in Australian patent law - what does it mean for AI and humanity? (At the very least, it means that some of the stuff I said in my February presentation is now outdated! Let’s talk about what I got wrong.)
Part 2 - Robot as Infringer:
The flip-side of whether a robot owns IP is whether a robot can infringe on someone else’s intellectual property rights. Machine learning requires data or content input for learning to occur. What if that content is the subject of intellectual property protection? This presentation will discuss the implications, and how to navigate through this emerging legal issue.
CPD Points:
An application has been made to the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia for approval of the presentation as a CPD activity. If approved, we anticipate that legal practitioners who attend the event in person may be able to claim 1 CPD point in Competency Area 4 (Substantive Law)
Speaker bio:
David Wilson is the founder and principal of Stratocumulus Legal, a newly established legal consultancy with a particular focus on intellectual property, technology and related fields.
Prior to commencing Stratocumulus Legal in May 2020, he had 20-odd years’ career experience at international law firms, building up a significant breadth of legal experience as an intellectual property and technology lawyer, a commercial disputes practitioner, a generalist commercial legal advisor and an in-house counsel for a two-year period on secondment to a major Japanese corporation in Tokyo.
Across his career, David has advised on the subsistence, proprietorship, exploitation, licensing, assignment and infringement of intellectual property rights including copyright and moral rights, patents, trademarks, domain names and business names, designs, confidential information, trade secrets and data. He has undertaken this work across a range of sectors, including software and IT. His legal interests include the law and new technologies, such as automation and 3D-printing.