Data In, Inventions Out?

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Securing and Sharing AI-Related Technologies

AI technology is built in stages: data is collected and curated, a model is trained and generates output. Wherever these stages produce value, they raise questions about who can claim intellectual property protection, for what, and under which conditions. At the input stage, a relevant regime is copyright law: what is protected when raw data is compiled and curated, when does the use of material amount to an infringement, and how far do exceptions reach? At the output stage, patent law comes into focus: do AI-created inventions receive protection? If AI cannot be an inventor but plays an increasingly significant role in the inventive process, how much human contribution is required? Across all stages, trade secret law may offer a complementary layer of protection for valuable information from curated datasets and training methods to model architectures, as well as commercially relevant outputs.

The evening symposium brings together judges, practitioners and academics from Europe, the United States and China to discuss these questions in a series of short talks followed by a panel discussion: 

• Prof. Dr. Dana Beldiman – Founding Director, Bucerius IP Center: Welcome and introduction
• Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar – Patent Attorney, Boehmert & Boehmert: Protecting and sharing AI-related technologies: an overview
• Jörn Feddersen – Judge, German Federal Court of Justice (I. Civil Senate): Data in? Raw data for AI training under European copyright law – protection, infringement, exceptions
• Prof. Daryl Lim – H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law, Penn State Dickinson Law: Inventions out? Machine-made inventions and inventorship in the United States
• Prof. Yanfang Wang – Professor in IP Law, East China University of Political Science and Law: Inventions out? Machine-made inventions and inventorship in China
• Dr. Klaus Bacher – Presiding Judge, German Federal Court of Justice (X. Civil Senate): Inventions out? Machine-made inventions and inventorship in Germany
• Prof. Dr. Kristoff Ritlewski – Counsel, Bucerius IP Center: Moderation of the panel discussion with the speakers of the evening

Following the symposium, we will have the opportunity to explore the questions raised over a reception in the Rotunda. We kindly ask you to register using the button on the left.