Artificial Intelligence Creations and Ownership – Who Should the Intellectual Property Belong To?

Research in this area enters the rapidly growing artificial intelligence and robotics industries in the legal, business, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors and the impact of intellectual property protection on emerging technologies. This chapter aims to develop an understanding of the legal and ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence and robotics technologies, along with consideration of appropriate legal and regulatory responses. It provides a philosophical and legal framework for considering concepts and principles that relate to the development and use of such technologies. It considers different legal and regulatory governance regimes at the international, regional, and national levels. Currently, all intellectual property rights created with human and artificial intelligence “effort”, belong to the human however as artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated, the law on intellectual property protection will need to adapt accordingly. The chapter will focus on the interplay between intellectual property and artificial intelligence, intellectual property rights protection affords the human intellectual property rights holder a time-limited monopoly over their intangible asset and has yet to afford any mirror rights or alternative rights to artificial intelligence.