WIPO’s Conversation on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence to Continue as a Virtual Meeting

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published a revised issues paper on intellectual property (IP) policy and artificial intelligence (AI) as part of its ongoing consultation with stakeholders on the intersection of AI and IP policy and announced the dates of the rescheduled WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence, which will take place online.

The Second Session of the WIPO Conversation on IP and AI will be held over three days from July 7 to 9, 2020 as a virtual meeting, in three daily sessions from 13:00 to 15:00 CET, to allow the broadest possible global audience to attend the event.

The First WIPO Conversation on AI and IP was convened by WIPO Director General Dr. Francis Gurry in September 2019 and brought together member states and other stakeholders to discuss the impact of Al on IP policy, with a view to collectively formulating relevant questions.

Following that meeting, Mr. Gurry announced that WIPO would launch an open process to develop a list of issues concerning the impact of Al on IP policy and invited feedback on an issues paper designed to help define the most-pressing questions likely to face IP policy makers as AI increases in importance. The result of that public consultation is contained in the revised issues paper, which takes into account more than 250 submissions received from a wide global audience on the call for comments.

“The many respondents to the draft Issues Paper, including member states, academic, scientific and private organizations as well as individuals, are proof of the relevance and timeliness of the discussion on IP and AI, and the significant engagement in it. We look forward to continuing the Conversation in a form of a more structured discussion in July on the basis of the revised Issues Paper,” – noted Mr. Gurry.

The source of information is the World Intellectual Property Organization.