Securing Innovation: Key IP Contract Clauses for AI Deployment and Development

Matthew D. Kohel
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The deployment of AI, or implementing a trained model to support business activities, introduces complexities concerning the creation and ownership of IP.

Businesses that integrate AI into their operations must thoughtfully address IP rights in the AI agreements.

Organizations with maturing AI strategies are going to develop AI systems that are customized for particular business objectives and trained on their data. When an AI model is customized, whether through fine-tuning a foundation model or using a retrieval augmented generation (RAG) library, for example, the question of IP ownership becomes incredibly nuanced. As a company’s AI program grows, so do the IP considerations to be addressed in the underlying agreements.

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Matthew D. Kohel