Seminar “Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property”

12-15 November 2021 – Department of Law, via Carlo Montanari 9, Verona (Italy)

Fr. 12/11 Day 1 (Aula Cipolla)

Kick-off
14:20-14:30 Welcome and opening remarks
DOTT. BERNARDO CALABRESE (UNIVR)
PROF. RETO M. HILTY (UZH-MPI)
Lectures and discussion
Topic 1 Possibilities of legal protection for AI “creations”
14:30-15:45 RAMIN KASHANI (UZH)
Copyright in the context of AI de lege lata
[Urheberrecht im Kontext von KI de lege lata]
CAROL BURKHALTER (UZH)
The electronic person as author
[Die elektronische Person als Urheber]
GIORGIA MARRA (UZH)
Alternative rightholders and protection concepts
[Alternative Schutzrechtsinhaber und Schutzkonzepte]
Discussion on Topic 1
15:45-16:00 Break
Topic 2 Possibilities of legal protection for AI “inventions”
16:00 -17:30 LUCIO NERI (UZH)
AI as inventor
[KI als “Erfinder”]
SVETLANA FEUSIER (UZH)
AI and the requirement of non-obviousness
[KI und das Erfordernis des Nicht-Naheliegens]

ANTJE HEUER (UZH)
Is strong artificial intelligence destabilizing composition of matter?
[Bringt die starke künstliche Intelligenz den Stoffschutz ins Wanken?]
Discussion on Topic 2

Sa. 13/11 Day 2 (Aula Cipolla)

Joint session
10:30-10:40 Opening remarks
DOTT. BERNARDO CALABRESE (UNIVR)
Lectures and discussion
Topic 3 Property rights as an obstacle to AI developments?
10:40 -12:00 SELINA SEIFERT (UZH)
Interface between copyright and machine learning
[Schnittstelle zwischen Urheberrecht und maschinellem Lernen]
GIANLUCA BONATESTA (UZH)
Text and Data Mining in EU law
[Text und Data Mining im EU-Recht]
MIRIAM STEINHART (LMU)
Antiobiotics Research
Antibiotikaforschung
Discussion on Topic 3
12:00-12:30 Hosting seminar
DOTT. BERNARDO CALABRESE (UNIVR)
“Artificiality” of copyright protection and its legal foundations
12:30-13:00 Joint address and project presentation
PROF. STEFANO TROIANO (UNIVR)
PROF. GIOVANNI MERUZZI (UNIVR)
PROF. RETO M. HILTY (UZH-MPI)
DR. OLIVER SCHIMD (UZH)
DR. EVA MARIA BASTIAN (MPI)

13:15-14:45 Lunch
Topic 4 Legal treatment of data in the context of AI
15:00-16:15 DOMINIQUE MEYER (UZH)
Text and Data Mining in Swiss law
[Text und Data Mining im Schweizer-Recht]
ANITA VASALLI (UZH)
Comparative Law Solutions
[Rechtsvergleich Lösungsansätze]
LAURA VOIT (LMU)
Personal data protection
[Schutz personenbezogener Daten]
Discussion on Topic 4

Mo. 15/11 Day 3 (Aula Tantini)

Lectures and discussion
Topic 5 Legal protection of AI systems
10:00-11:15 RICCARDA WAGNER (LMU)
Copyright law protection
[Urheberrechtlicher Schutz]
MELISSA DI NUNZIO (UZH)
Patent law protection
[Patentrechtlicher Schutz]
CARMEN STETTER (UZH)
Deep-Learning-System in particular
[Deep-Learning-Systeme im Besonderen]
Discussion on Topic 5
11:15-11:30 Break

Topic 6 Antitrust aspects of AI
11:30-12:30 LAURA KESTEN (UZH)
CAPTCHA
[CAPTCHA]
NORINA MESSERLI (UZH)
Price algorithms
[Preisalgorithmen]
Discussion on Topic 6
12:45 -14:30 Lunch
Closing session
14:30 -17:00 General discussion on seminar topics and works
17:00 -17:30 Closing remarks

DOTT. BERNARDO CALABRESE (UNIVR)
PROF. RETO M. HILTY (UZH-MPI)