The relative value of many if not most IP rights has been decreasing in the U.S. over the past decade or so. Patent uncertainty, for example, has made it difficult to effect otherwise simple licensing agreements.
Large tech companies tend to consider patents and copyrights as impediments, while many SMEs and independent creators are having difficulty relying on IP rights to generate sufficient return.
On the current episode of Understanding IP Matters (UIPM), returning guest Daryl Lim, a leader in analyzing IP systems, policies and rights globally, discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) can complement each other. Rather than viewing AI and IP solely through a financial lens, Lim believes a more sustainable, inclusive system can result in lasting progress.
For the latest episode of UIPM, an audio podcast with Professor Lim, Ep2, S5, “AI Moves at the Speed of Trust,” go to Buzzsprout at the link.
For the video: visit CIPU’s YouTube channel, here.
Lim is Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Founding Director, Intellectual Property Law and Innovation Initiative at Penn State Dickinson Law School, and an award-winning author, observer, and commentator on global IP and competition policy trends and how they influence law, technology and politics.
In this episode of Understanding IP Matters, Lim and host Bruce Berman, Chairman and Co-Founder of the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) discuss the future of AI, IP rights and competition.
- “I think the future of IP lies in getting the rules of AI right,” says Lim, “and the rules of AI lie in getting IP right… IP leadership means by definition that you are ahead and not behind… a leader sets the agenda.”
- Regarding the adoption of technologies, like AI and blockchain, Lim says, “I think it needs to be invisible. So, you and I are speaking, and we don’t really think too much about the technology…
- “We don’t need to know how blockchain works in order to use it effectively. We need to trust it.” He adds that trust will generate speedy adoption.
- China’s IP system is not perfect, but Lim believes that “If you look at certain matrices, they’re already ahead of the U.S. in terms of the activity in the patent and trademark space …They have a massive cottage industry supported by state money or state-owned enterprises that pegs performance and leadership… to how many patents you produce.”Lower the Threshold
- Reminds Lim: It is important to remember that not all large tech companies seek to discredit patents.
- Lim tells Berman that the threshold to seek protection for copyrights and patent patents should be low. “If the threshold is so high that you don’t know whether you can get it in the first place, then people are going to look abroad. “Capital is fluid, and they’re going to see which other countries are encouraging about IP protection.”
- The most encouraging places for IP rights today, says Professor Lim, “actually are not many Western countries.”
For the audio podcast with Professor Daryl Lim, Ep2, S5, “AI Moves at the Speed of Trust,” visit to Buzzsprout at the link. For the video: go on CIPU’s YouTube channel. The episode transcript is available on Buzzsprout.
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