Aaron Hayward

Jun 24, 2024 | lexology.com | Aaron Hayward |Anna Vandervliet |Byron C. Turner |Rachel Montagnon

From the rise in deepfakes appearing online to the increased accessibility of generative programs such as Chat-GPT and DALL-E, it seems that around every corner there is a new development in the ML and AI space.

Mar 29, 2024 | mondaq.com | s Guild |Aaron Hayward |Anna Vandervliet |Byron Turner

In this series, we have explored whether IP rights protect AI systems themselves and whether copyright or patents provide protection for AI-generated works or inventions, however, equally as controversial is the way in which AI systems use others' works. At their core AI systems are computer systems, working on large volumes of data. Those systems – and most obviously those data – are often the products of others' intellectual and economic investment.

Mar 12, 2024 | lexology.com | Aaron Hayward |Anna Vandervliet |Byron C. Turner |Antonia Xu |Rachel Montagnon |Heather Newton | +3 more

In this series, we have explored whether IP rights protect AI systems themselves and whether copyright or patents provide protection for AI-generated works or inventions, however, equally as controversial is the way in which AI systems use others’ works. At their core AI systems are computer systems, working on large volumes of data. Those systems – and most obviously those data – are often the products of others’ intellectual and economic investment.

Aug 24, 2023 | mondaq.com | Rachel Montagnon |Aaron Hayward |Heather Newton |Anna Vandervliet

Dr Thaler's latest attempt to obtain IP protection for "creations" of his AI system has failed, with a US Court rejecting copyright protection for an AI-generated artwork. Dr Thaler has become well-known as the owner of the DABUS AI which he has been seeking to have identified as the inventor of a patent at multiple patent offices around the world. So far he has done so without much success, although he is currently awaiting the outcome of an appeal in the UK Supreme Court.