AI Intellectual Property

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how intellectual property is created, owned, and enforced. FRB's AI intellectual property attorneys help innovators protect what they build and navigate the unsettled questions around AI-generated works and training data.

The legal landscape here is genuinely unsettled. The U.S. Copyright Office has signaled that works lacking human authorship are not registrable, courts are actively weighing whether training on copyrighted material is fair use, and patent eligibility for AI-assisted inventions continues to evolve. We track these developments closely and counsel clients on the practical steps to take now, documenting human contribution, securing data and licensing rights, and choosing the right mix of patent, trade secret, and contractual protection, rather than waiting for the law to settle around them.

• Patent strategy for AI and machine-learning inventions
• Trade secret protection for models, weights, and datasets
• Copyright counsel for AI-assisted and AI-generated works
• Trademark and brand protection for AI products
• Ownership and licensing of training data and outputs
• Infringement analysis, enforcement, and disputes

Copyright protection for purely AI-generated output remains limited, and feeding third-party content into AI tools can raise infringement and license-compliance issues. We help you structure development and data practices to preserve protection, document human authorship where it matters, and reduce exposure while building a portfolio that reflects your real competitive advantages. From first filing through enforcement, we align IP strategy with how your AI is actually built and used. Reach out to protect your AI innovations.