The Convergence Of AI, Metaverse And IPR: The Need To Rethink And Reshape The IPR Framework
- IJLLR Journal
- Jun 29
- 1 min read
Bhavya Singh, B.A. LL.B., Symbiosis Law School, Pune
ABSTRACT:
Intellectual Property Rights are exclusive rights dedicated to the creations, innovations and inventions of individuals. It aims to protect the intangible property of humans for which it has invested efforts in the form of manpower, energy, time, skill, money, etc. However, the coming of new technologies like Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse poses a significant challenge to the traditional notions and fundamentals of Intellectual Property Laws. This forces us to interpret and understand IPR laws in a nuanced manner. With this background, this essay deals with the convergence point of AI, Metaverse and IPR laws. This article then specifically deals with the issues that AI and the Metaverse present for each type of IP, which includes copyright, trademark and patent. At the same time, there are certain shortcomings that arise from the domestic legislations on IPR, which make these laws incompatible with dealing with creations and innovations that are associated with AI and the Metaverse. However, this essay is not just limited to challenges but also evaluates possible solutions that various scholars have suggested by bringing the concepts of mental capacity, dual rights, autonomous and semiautonomous machines. This essay concludes with a suggestion for a possible way out of this issue. It proposes accountability of these platforms against IPR infringement and at the same time suggests a different IP framework for autonomous and semiautonomous creations/innovations. This essay, in its essence, aims to highlight the need to restructure the existing IPR framework so that it encompasses Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse within its ambit.
