(Transcript) 2025 LeadershIP Conference Panel III: Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence

This transcript is from the 2025 LeadershIP Conference hosted at CSIS on April 1st, 2025. Watch the full video here.

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Panel Description: The Artificial Intelligence revolution has raised key questions that society has yet to answer, from pending litigation over training data ownership to questions around AI-assisted inventorship. This panel explores the pressing issues at the intersection of AI and IP relating to patents, copyrights, and trademarks.

Speakers

Dr. Kirti Gupta, Executive Director, LeadershIP; Senior Adviser, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS

Dr. Francesca Ferrari, Professor, University of Insubria

Hon. Dr. Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet, Hudson Institute

Andrei Iancu, Senior Adviser, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS

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