Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law
Description: A blog providing news and opinion on patents, technology and innovation. International intellectual property issues, from an Australian perspective.
Governments around the world are considering how they can – and should – regulate the development and deployment of increasingly powerful and disruptive artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Australia is no exception. On 1 June 2023, the Australian government announced the release of two papers intended to help ‘ensure the growth of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) in Australia is safe and responsible’. The first of these is the Rapid Response Report: Generative AI , which was commissioned
The discussion paper seeks feedback on how Australia can address the potential risks of AI. It provides an overview of existing domestic and international AI governance and regulation, and identifies potential gaps and additional mechanisms – including regulations, standards, tools, frameworks, principles and business practices – to support the development and adoption of AI. It focuses on ensuring AI is used safely and responsibly, but does not consider all issues related to AI, such as the implications
Another key area that is expressly excluded from this consultation is intellectual property. That is, in my view, a serious shortcoming. It appears to presume that IP is somehow separable from the other issues covered by the discussion paper. This is a flawed presumption, particularly in relation to business practices. In the contemporary world, IP is at the heart of many business practices, and the laws and regulations that we make around IP can be the difference between a business practice that is via
Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law