AI & IP: protection strategies and ownership considerations

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AI & IP: protection strategies and ownership considerations

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James Davies and Vishen Pillay at Adams & Adams discuss IP protection strategies and ownership considerations for AI


In a podcast sponsored by Adams & Adams, we focus on intellectual property protection strategies and ownership considerations for artificial intelligence.

James Davies and Vishen Pillay, partners at Adams & Adams in South Africa, joined Managing IP’s senior reporter Rani Mehta to discuss:

  • How have different African countries' patent offices, courts and legislators approached the issue of whether AI can be an inventor?

  • What kind of ownership uncertainties can AI create?

About Adams & Adams

Adams & Adams is an internationally recognised and leading African law firm that specialises in providing IP, corporate and commercial services.

The firm is firmly rooted in Africa – with a tenacious belief in the economic growth potential and spirit of the continent.

The head office in Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, provides the perfect gateway through which its partners, supported by some 700 professionals and staff, render a broad range of legal services to clients in Africa and the rest of the world.

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