AI-Generated IP Rights is a highly specialized legal service focusing on protecting assets generated wholly or partially by algorithms. Unlike general content licensing, this service deals with more complex objects: software code, patentable inventions, architectural designs, and complex databases. Today, AI systems can create new drug formulas or innovative machinery parts. The main question is: can these inventions be patented if the inventor is not human? Under Georgian law, a patent author can only be a natural person, requiring the creative process to be legally structured correctly.
Our service ensures the protection of innovations within the existing legal framework. The service covers:
- IP Audit: Examining a company's intellectual assets to determine which parts are AI-generated and their protectability.
- Patenting Strategy: Preparing applications for "Sakpatenti" such that the human role in the invention is dominant and meets the inventive step requirements.
- Trade Secret: Creating an alternative protection mechanism—trade secret regime—if patenting is impossible (because AI created it).
- Code Protection: Protecting AI-generated software and segregating it from Open Source components.
- Transfer of Rights: Drafting contracts with developers using AI tools to ensure full transfer of rights to the client.
Let's consider risks. A pharmaceutical company uses AI to discover a new molecule. If the application states the discovery belongs to AI, the patent will be refused. It is necessary to show that human scientists defined parameters and validated the result. Second example: A startup created an app using Copilot. An investor requests a guarantee that the code belongs to the startup. If a large part of the code is AI-generated and unmodified, copyright is questionable. The solution is code refactoring and documenting human input. Third case: A designer created a 3D model with AI help. It can be protected by design rights if human creative choice is proven.
In Georgia, this field is regulated by the Patent Law and the Law on Copyright and Related Rights. Sakpatenti's practice aligns with international standards (EPO, WIPO), where "AI as an inventor" (e.g., the DABUS case) is not recognized. Therefore, correct legal formulation is decisive: AI is a tool, not a subject.
Specialists work with the technical team to create an "Intellectual Property Passport" for each product. The document describes the creation process, tools used, and the degree of human involvement. This document is critical during investment rounds (Due Diligence) and litigation.
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