Generative AI and intellectual property rights—the UK government's position

Table of contents

• The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is to produce a code of practice by the summer 2023 that will provide guidance to support AI firms in accessing copyright protected works as an input to their models
• Text and data mining—the current position
• Text and data mining—UK reforms
• The government's pro-innovation AI White Paper

Article summary

TMT analysis: Helen Armstrong, partner, Jani Ihalainen, associate, and Joshy Thomas, knowledge lawyer, at RPC, consider the UK government's position on generative artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property rights.