The Presidential Advisory National Intellectual Property Committee (Chairman: Lee Kwang-hyung, hereinafter referred to as the Committee) held a “Joint Seminar for Improving the Intellectual Property Ecosystem in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” at the Grand Hall of the Seoul Yangjae aT Center on the 21st. This seminar was organized as the need to review and improve the intellectual property (IP) system in response to the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology is increasing.
The seminar was co-hosted by the Committee, the Next-Generation Content Property Research Association, the Korean Entertainment Law Association, and the Korean Copyright Law Association, and was sponsored by the Ministry of Science, ICT and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The Committee has been conducting policy research with academia to address social issues related to AI, and this seminar was intended to share and discuss the results.
The event consisted of three thematic presentations and a comprehensive discussion. In the first presentation, In-Chul Kim, President of the Next-Generation Content Property Research Association, analyzed the trends in generative AI litigation in the United States under the theme of “Trends in Generative AI Litigation in the United States.” He explained the implications for domestic legislation and industry through the active cases of AI-related litigation in the U.S.
The second presentation was given by Ji-Young Han, President of the Korean Copyright Law Association. The topic was “Research on Limitations on Copyright Estates of Works Used in Generative AI – Focusing on TDM Regulations.” The presentation addressed issues of copyright estates arising during the AI learning process and the need for the introduction of Text and Data Mining (TDM) regulations.
The third presentation was conducted by Jae-Kyung Lee, President of the Korean Entertainment Law Association. He suggested the need to protect the form and voice that AI can reproduce as a new legal right, apart from the existing publicity rights, through a study on the direction of domestic introduction of “digital replicas.”
The subsequent comprehensive discussion involved experts from the AI and content industries. Representatives from the rights holders’ side included Hak-Hee Kim, Manager from the Korea Literary and Artistic Copyright Association, and Jae-Hyung An, Legal Team Leader from SBS. From the users’ side, Do-Hyung Ki, Team Leader from the Korea AI & Software Industry Association, and Ji-Hwan Park, CEO of ThinkforBL, participated. The discussion was chaired by Hye-Chang Kim, Director from the Korean Copyright Commission, who coordinated in-depth Q&A between academia and industry.
Lee Kwang-hyung, the Committee’s civilian chairman, said, “This seminar is an important venue for exploring the direction of the intellectual property system in the rapidly evolving AI technology era,” and “I hope that the academic analysis and industry experience will lead to specific and effective policy discussions.”
