Dialogue: AI and law - How do I protect my work?

Copyright in the context of AI

Can I prevent my design work from being used as training data for AI? What do I do if potential customers copy my style with AI? Can AI-generated content be protected by copyright and if so, who is entitled to this protection?

AI systems require enormous amounts of data in order to learn and generate new data. This process is often opaque and not easy to understand - neither for the developers or users of AI, nor for those whose data is used to train generative models.

For people who work creatively, this causes legitimate concerns, especially if their own artistic existence is perceived to be under threat at the same time.

We want to get you talking about these problems. In a small group, we will examine current challenges together, talk about fears and, with the support of a specialist lawyer, gather ideas for dealing constructively with the situation.

Protection comes from knowledge

Georg Fechner is a specialist lawyer for intellectual property rights and is therefore well versed in all matters relating to copyrights, trademarks, licences and personal rights. He says: "Protection comes from knowledge. In order forthe creators of rights to protect themselves as well as possible against appropriation by AI, it is therefore first important to learn more about the existing situation and your own options.

Georg Fechner will be on hand to share his expertise with you in our discussion round. He cannot offer any explicit legal advice or patent solutions in this context, but he can categorise the current legal situation and answer your questions.

The lunch exchange will take place a second time on Tuesday, 5 August. You can register for the later date here.