Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights in the Age of Rapid Scientific Progress
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Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights in the Age of Rapid Scientific Progress

Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights in the Age of Rapid Scientific Progress

As technology accelerates scientific advancements and patent creation, the tension between the human right to benefit from science and technology and the right of creators to protect their work is intensifying. How can we design future protection models that balance innovation, access, and fairness in a rapidly evolving technological landscape?

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It is not clear who is the author of what an AI produces, legally speaking
We always have to balance the protection of a creator’s IP — their incentive to create — with ensuring that people at large benefit from the technology they invent
We should diversify IP systems to match the diversity of funding that we need for scientific progress