5. AI Systems and the Future of Intellectual Property Regimes

Teresia Munywoki, Advocate of the High Court of Kenya; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresia-munywoki-1b6666105/

The rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI) technology is transforming the world of intellectual property rights (IPR), offering both unprecedented opportunities and novel challenges.


This article explores how AI-driven innovation affects the evolving IPR framework. It emphasises the need for collaboration among lawmakers, courts, regulators and intellectual property (IP) professionals. Protecting IPR in the dynamic AI landscape is crucial as technology advances. this article delves into the legal and practical aspects, to enable an understanding of how AI and IP intersect. It deals with key aspects relating to authorship, risk and complexity, balancing innovation and societal access, global competition and AI supremacy.