Event Details
We hosted the third and final session of the AI & IP Colloquium, supported by Google, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific. This culminating session convened 10 distinguished speakers who presented impactful papers on the legal, regulatory, and policy challenges at the intersection of AI and IP. The programme featured 3 paper presentation sessions with Q&A discussions and concluded with a thought-provoking fireside chat.
Session 1:
• Ari Juliano Gema (Assegaf Hamzah & Partners) examined the complexities of defining originality in AI-assisted works from an Indonesian legal perspective.
• A/P WooJung Jon (KAIST) discussed whether AI image generation constitutes copyright infringement, delving into evolving interpretations of derivative works.
• Huijuan Peng (SMU) explored copyright challenges in the generative AI era, advocating for statutory licensing and broader fair use frameworks.
• A/P Saw Cheng Lim (SMU) moderated a Q&A exploring how copyright frameworks adapt (or not) to a rapidly shifting creative landscape.
Session 2:
• Dr Joshua Yuvaraj (The University of Auckland) questioned traditional definitions of authorship and proposed new legal approaches to human creativity in an AI context.
• A/P Saw shared his work on the ownership and duration of AI-authored works, raising key questions for rights management and reform.
• Dr Poomsiri Dumrongvute (Chulalongkorn University) offered a comparative view on Thai patent law and its treatment of AI-related inventions.
• A/P Jason Grant Allen (SMU) moderated a Q&A that discussed the role of incentives, the limits of current frameworks, and the challenges of AI regulation.
Session 3:
• Dr Wenting Cheng (The University of Queensland) & Georg Zoeller (Centre for AI Leadership) presented on the role of contracts in governing AI training data, especially for high-risk systems.
• A/P Allen provided a political economy lens on data’s role in AI, highlighting structural divides in the AI development pipeline.
• Sarah Powell & Adj Prof Derek Whitehead (Australian Digital Alliance) presented on Australia’s policy efforts in AI and IP, with calls for collective licensing and copyright reform.
• Huijuan Peng moderated a Q&A exploring governance tools for a fairer and more sustainable AI-IP future.
The event concluded with a fireside chat on “Shaping the Future of AI and IP—Where Legal Doctrine Meets Real-World Innovation”, featuring Prof David Llewelyn (SMU), Jean-Jacques Sahel (Google), and Cheryl Seah (Drew & Napier), moderated by A/P Saw. The speakers addressed legal uncertainty, data privacy, competition, liability, employment, and the need for responsible innovation and global collaboration. We are grateful to all speakers and attendees for enriching the Colloquium with their valuable contributions.
