WIPO has launched a public consultation on artificial intelligence and IP policy. It is inviting feedback on an issues paper to help define the pressing questions likely to face IP policy makers as AI increases in importance.

The issues paper was published on 13 December. It covers topics including AI in IP administration; IP and AI Strategy Clearing House; and IP Policy. The issues identified for discussion are divided into: Patents, Copyright, Data, Designs, Technology Gap and Capacity Building and Accountability for IP Administrative Decisions.

The paper comes after WIPO held a Conversation on IP and AI with member states and other stakeholders in September.

Submissions on the draft issues paper are invited by email up to 14 February 2020. Submissions will be posted on the WIPO website and a revised issues paper will be prepared.

“Artificial intelligence is set to radically alter the way in which we work and live, with great potential to help us solve common global challenges, but it is also prompting policy questions and challenges,” said WIPO Director General Francis Gurry.

Read more about this initiative in WIPO’s announcement here.