Intellectual Property and Emerging Technologies

This book evaluates issues and challenges emerging from the interaction between Intellectual Property (IP) and new technologies, namely artificial intelligence (AI), big data, social media, internet of things (IoT), metaverse and blockchain. It will be of interest to researchers in the field of IP law and the law of emerging technologies.

Autorentext

Tshimanga Kongolo (TK) holds a PhD in intellectual property law. TK has worked for 23 years at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Academy. Prior to joining WIPO in 2001, TK taught IP at Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. He was invited as a Research Fellow to the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, Munich, Germany in 2000 for seven months (while being professor at Osaka University). His key areas of expertise involve international IP law, branding and innovation, traditional knowledge, IP and public health, the African IP system, developing world IP laws and policies, and IP and emerging technologies. TK has widely published books and articles covering these areas (see Google Scholar and Westlaw).

Inhalt

General Introduction

1. Intellectual Property Fundamentals and Core Legal Principles

2. Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence

3. Intellectual Property and Social Media Challenges

4. Intellectual Property and Data Collection, Utilization, and Protection

5. Other New Technologies

6. The Public Domain New Paradigm in the Age of New Technologies

General Conclusion