Artificial Intelligence

Nine in ten firms not fully prepared for intellectual property challenges posed by AI

Mason Hayes & Curran say it is unlikely that patent protection would be granted to work generated solely by AI in Ireland

Gerard Kelly, the head of IP at Mason Hayes & Curran, and Hazel McDwyer, a partner in IP at the firm. Picture: Conor McCabe

Nine out of ten in-house lawyers say that their firms are not fully prepared to handle the intellectual property (IP) challenges posed by AI, according to new figures.

A survey carried out by Mason Hayes & Curran, the Dublin-based business law firm, indicated that 31 per cent of businesses were not prepared to handle IP challenges related to AI.

Almost three in five (59 per cent) of the 240 lawyers canvassed across various sectors said ...