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class="caret"></strong></a> <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu--on-this-page"> <li><a href="#conversation">WIPO Conversation</a></li> <li><a href="#technology">Frontier technologies</a></li> <li><a href="#read">Read more</a></li> <li><a href="#related">Related links</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="content"> <h1>Intellectual Property and Frontier Technologies</h1> <div class="main"> <p class="lead">The last two decades have seen an explosion of technologies that are transforming how we work and live in an increasingly interconnected digital world. The emergence and merging of frontier technologies is at the heart of what is sometimes termed Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0. Frontier technologies are changing how we do business, how we innovate and create and the rate of change is increasing exponentially.</p> <p>Getting the innovation ecosystem ready for AI - An IP policy toolkit <a href="https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-pub-2003-en-getting-the-innovation-ecosystem-ready-for-ai.pdf"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.svg" alt="PDF, Getting the innovation ecosystem ready for AI - An IP policy toolkit" /></a></p> <p>Generative AI: Navigating Intellectual Property <a href="https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-pub-rn2024-8-en-generative-ai-navigating-intellectual-property.pdf"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.svg" alt="PDF, Blockchain white paper for IP ecosystem" /></a></p> <p>WIPO IP and Frontier Technologies Factsheet <a href="/export/sites/www/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/pdf/frontier-tech-6th-factsheet.pdf"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.svg" alt="PDF, Blockchain white paper for IP ecosystem" /></a></p> <p>AI Inventions Factsheet<a href="https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-pub-rn2023-11-en-ai-inventions.pdf"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.svg" alt="PDF, AI inventions white paper for IP ecosystem" /></a> Metaverse Factsheet <a href="https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-pub-rn2023-31-en-metaverse.pdf"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.svg" alt="PDF, AI inventions white paper for IP ecosystem" /></a></p> <p>Frontier technologies provide opportunities for economic growth. In order to harness these opportunities for all, we need to ensure that the intellectual property (IP) system continues to foster innovation and creation and that the systems for IP administration evolve.</p> <div id="accordion" class="accordion"> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a id="accordion__collapse__01_a" class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="#accordion__collapse__01" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion">What are frontier technologies?</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__01" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>The field of frontier technologies is rapidly evolving and although there is no agreed definition for this concept, frontier technologies share some common features. They operate at the intersection of radical scientific developments and real-world implementation. Furthermore, they are changing the way we communicate, solve problems, provide goods and services, create and do business. Frontier technologies could be described as advanced technology that can address global issues.</p> <h3>Examples of frontier technologies</h3> <p>Frontier technologies include:</p> <ul> <li>digital technologies, such as the Internet of things (loT), blockchain, the metaverse, artificial intelligence (Al), including GenAI, big data and cloud computing</li> <li>physical technologies, such as autonomous driving, 3D printing and hardware innovations and</li> <li>biological technologies such as genetic engineering, human augmentation and the brain-computer-interface.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a id="accordion__collapse__02a" class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="#accordion__collapse__02" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion">Why does intellectual property matter to frontier technologies?</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__02" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>Data and intangible assets are the bedrock of our new, digitalized world. IP is rapidly gaining increasing importance over physical assets.</p> <p>The IP system that we have today was developed with a focus on human creation and innovation and to encourage the development of technologies that enabled production process and trade of physical products. The IP system was also designed when the speed of innovation and creation was much slower than it is today.</p> <p>One of the important tasks that we face today is to ensure that the current IP system continues to promote innovation in the age of frontier technologies.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a id="accordion__collapse__03a" class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="#accordion__collapse__03" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion">Why do frontier technologies matter for IP?</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__03" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>In the new digital age, innovation and creation are happening much faster. The number of IP filings are increasing rapidly but also subject to more volatile ups and downs. Markets are globalizing and intangible assets are flowing much more freely across borders.</p> <p>Frontier technologies have the potential to make IP and the IP system easier to access, more efficient and more understandable.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a id="accordion__collapse__04a" class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="#accordion__collapse__04" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion">What is the role of the WIPO IP and Frontier Technologies Division?</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__04" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>At WIPO, the IP and Frontier Technologies Division facilitates discussion and knowledge building among Member States and other stakeholders on the impact of frontier technologies on IP to support well-informed policy choices. The WIPO Conversation on IP and Frontier Technologies is the main strand to that engagement.</p> <p>The Division provides practical tools and guidance to help us all navigate IP questions in the new digital world and runs diverse projects in support of inclusive IP and innovation ecosystem.</p> <p>WIPO also develops practical guidance and tools relating to frontier technologies and IP and assists in the knowledge transfer and technology adaptation of platforms and <a href="/ai-tools-services/en/index.html">tools for IP administration</a> that utilize frontier technologies.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a id="accordion__collapse__05a" class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="#accordion__collapse__05" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion">How to get involved in the discussion on IP and frontier technologies?</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__05" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>The <a href="/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=84809">Tenth Session of the WIPO Conversation - AI Output: To protect, or not to protect – that is the IP question</a>, is going to be held on November 5 and 6 2024, and is going to explore timely discussions around the IP Protection status of AI generated outputs.</p> <p>To allow as wide participation as possible, the WIPO Conversation on IP and Frontier Technologies is held in a <a href="https://wipo-int.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FoRK9gqTSm6oI49UhFR0iQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hybrid form</a>. Onsite presence is limited to official representatives of the WIPO Member States and Observers. Virtual participation is open to all and there are plenty of options to participate actively with questions and interventions. <a href="mailto:frontier.tech@wipo.int">Let us know</a> if you want to be involved in the discussion.</p> <p>The Ninth Session of the WIPO Conversation – Training the Machines – Bytes, Rights and the Copyright Conundrum took place on March 13 and 14, 2024 and attracted over 3000 registrants from 145 countries.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="complementary"> <div class="box"> <h3 class="featured">WIPO Conversation <strong>– </strong><span>AI OUTPUT: TO PROTECT, OR NOT TO PROTECT – THAT IS THE IP QUESTION</span></h3> <p class="secondary">November 5 and 6, 2024</p> <figure><a href="https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=84809"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/tenth-session-wipo-conversation-ai-2024-960.png" alt="" /></a></figure> <p><a class="btn-block call-to-action" href="https://www.wipo.int/registration/en/form.jsp?organization=WIPO&registration_id=564" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register (onsite)</a> <a class="btn-block call-to-action" href="https://wipo-int.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FoRK9gqTSm6oI49UhFR0iQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register (remote)</a></p> </div> <div class="alert alert--info"><strong>To receive regular updates about our events and projects, <a href="https://wipo.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ebfb4bd1ae698020adc01a4ce&id=2b70fedeed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subscribe to our newsletter</a>.</strong></div> </div> <div class="content line cols cols--two"> <h2><a id="featured"></a>Featured</h2> <div class="col"> <p><a href="https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=83169">Unlocking the Potential of AI: IP Strategies for a Thriving Innovation Ecosystem</a></p> <p class="secondary">April 30, 2024</p> <figure><a href="https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=83169"><img src="/export/sites/www/about-ip/en/images/ai-inventions-toolkit-960.png" alt="" /></a></figure> <p><a class="btn call-to-action" href="https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=83169" title="">Watch the event</a></p> </div> <div class="col"> <p><a href="https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=82908">WIPO Guide to Generative AI and Intellectual Property</a></p> <p class="secondary">April 16, 2024</p> <figure><a href="https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=82908"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/pics/unlocking-the-potential-of-generative-ai.png" alt="" /></a></figure> <p><a class="btn call-to-action" href="https://c.connectedviews.com/Player/Share/WIPOwebinars?s=122429&a=false" title="">Watch the event</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="content line"> <div id="wipo-news" data-layout="vertical" data-number="3" data-xml="/tools/en/includes/ocms_news.xml?path=/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/news/"></div> </div> </div> <div class="content line"> <div class="main"> <h2><a id="conversation"></a>The WIPO Conversation on IP and Frontier Technologies</h2> <p>The <a href="/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/frontier_conversation.html">WIPO Conversation on IP and Frontier Technologies</a> provides an open, inclusive forum to engage with and facilitate discussion and knowledge building among the widest possible set of stakeholders on the impact on IP of frontier technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI).</p> <p>WIPO generally holds two sessions of the Conversation each year in a format that allows the widest possible global audience to participate. Topics of the Conversation include the uses and applications of frontier technologies to assist IP Offices and IP owners as well as more conceptual policy based discussions.</p> <p>Over the last 5 years, almost 9’000 people have participated in the WIPO Conversation, from 172 countries.</p> <p>Past sessions of the WIPO Conversation focused on <a href="/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=81668">Machine Training for AI</a>, <a href="/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/ai_and_ip.html">GenAI</a>, the <a href="/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/metaverse-and-ip.html">Metaverse</a>, <a href="/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/data.html">data</a> and <a href="/ai-tools-services/en/index.html">frontier technologies in IP administration</a>. </p> <p>The <a href="https://www.wipo.int/registration/en/form.jsp?organization=WIPO&registration_id=564">tenth session of the WIPO Conversation</a> will take place on November 5 and 6 , 2024. The topic of the session is <strong>AI Output: To protect, or not to protect – that is the IP question</strong> .</p> </div> <div class="content line"> <h2><a id="technology"></a>Frontier technologies and WIPO's scope of work</h2> <p>These are just a few areas of WIPO’s work on IP and frontier Technologies in our expanding scope.</p> <div class="cols cols--three"> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/ai_and_ip.html"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/eighth_session_of_the_wipo_conversation_845.jpg" alt="artificial intelligence chipset circuit board " /></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: WIPO)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/ai_and_ip.html">Artificial Intelligence</a></h3> <p>The growth of AI across a range of technical fields raises a number of policy questions with respect to IP. The main focus of those questions is whether the existing IP system needs to be modified to provide balanced protection for machine created works and inventions, AI itself and the data AI relies on to operate.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/metaverse-and-ip.html"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/7th-wipo-conversation-on-ip-and-the-metaverse-2-845.jpg" alt="conceptual representation of the metaverse" /></a></figure> <h3><a href="/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/metaverse-and-ip.html">Intellectual Property and the Metaverse</a></h3> <p>The metaverse is a real opportunity to drive economic growth and bring its benefits to everyone, everywhere. With the digitalization going forward, IP will be one of the key drivers fostering innovation in technologies that will build the metaverse and in providing a basis for generating economic activity and growth.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/data.html"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/pics/frontier_technologies_data_845.jpg" alt="cyber data circulating across a network" /></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: WIPO)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/data.html">Data</a></h3> <p>All frontier technologies are fueled by accelerating digitalization, rely on data and often generate data. Find out why this intangible asset increasingly matters and is changing how we do business, innovate and create.</p> </div> </div> <div class="cols cols--three"> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/ai-tools-services/en/index.html"><img alt="conceptual representation of artificial intelligence technology" src="/export/sites/www/shared/pics/ai_look_half_2_500.png" /></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: WIPO)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/ai-tools-services/en/index.html">Frontier Technologies in IP administration</a></h3> <p>Frontier technologies, AI, big data analytics and new technologies such as blockchain can be used to address the growing challenges facing IP offices in order to make it efficient and accessible for everyone, everywhere.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/cws/en/blockchain-and-ip.html"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/blockchain-845.jpg" alt="decentralized blockchain infrastructure" /></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: WIPO)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/cws/en/blockchain-and-ip.html">Blockchain Technology</a></h3> <p>WIPO in consultation with IP offices and other stakeholders has prepared the Blockchain white paper for IP ecosystems <a href="/export/sites/www/cws/en/pdf/blockchain-for-ip-ecosystem-whitepaper.pdf"><img src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.svg" alt="PDF, Blockchain white paper for IP ecosystem" /></a>. The <a href="/cws/en/">Committee on WIPO Standards</a> (CWS) established a <a href="/cws/en/taskforce/blockchain/background.html">Blockchain Taskforce</a> in 2018 to explore, amongst others, the possibility of using blockchain technology for IP administration, collect information about IPO blockchain initiatives and prepare a proposal for a new WIPO standard applying blockchain technology.</p> </div> <div class="col"></div> </div> </div> <div class="content line"> <h2 class="header"><a id="read"></a>Frontier technologies news <a href="https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/search/search.jsp?subject=artificial_intelligence&query="><button class="btn btn-info" type="button">All topics</button></a></h2> <p>From stories, to reports, news and more, we publish content on the topics most discussed in the field of IP and frontier technologies.</p> <div class="cols cols--three"> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/wipo_magazine/en/2022/01/article_0006.html"><img src="/export/sites/www/wipo_magazine/images/2022_01_art_6_1_845.jpg" alt="Trademarks in the metaverse" /></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: Diamond Dogs / iStock / Getty Images Plus)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/wipo_magazine/en/2022/01/article_0006.html">Trademarks in the metaverse</a></h3> <p>While the metaverse is still developing, it has gained a foothold in a number of sectors and is expected to expand and become an ever richer environment for users. For brand owners, protecting their brands in the metaverse will be critical, and getting ready to play in the new meta sandbox will require a legal strategy.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/wipo_magazine/en/2021/04/article_0004.html"><img src="/export/sites/www/wipo_magazine/images/en/2021/2021_04_art_4_1_845.jpg" alt="Beewise: out-of-the-box thinking to save the world’s bees" /></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: JLGutierrez / E+ / Getty Images)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/wipo_magazine/en/2021/04/article_0004.html">Beewise: out-of-the-box thinking to save the world’s bees</a></h3> <p>Saar Safra, CEO of Israeli start-up Beewise, is on a mission to save bees − and at scale − using artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision and robotics. Mr. Safra explains how Beewise’s high-tech solution is helping to save the world’s bees. He also discusses the role that intellectual property (IP) plays in supporting small companies like Beewise, which are working to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2022/03/article_0004.html"><img src="/export/sites/www/wipo_magazine/images/2022_03_art_4_2_845.jpg" alt="Beewise: out-of-the-box thinking to save the world’s bees" /></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: Getty Images Plus / iStock / metamorworks)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2022/03/article_0004.html">Digital economy: the search for new governance mechanisms</a></h3> <p><span>As we transition to the digital economy, and seek new approaches to digital governance, the time is ripe to re-visit the philosophical underpinnings of the modern market economy.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--three line"> <h2 id="related">Related links</h2> <div class="col"> <h3>IP services</h3> <ul class="dividers"> <li><a href="/pct/en/">PCT System</a></li> <li><a href="/hague/en/">Hague System</a></li> <li><a href="/madrid/en/">Madrid System</a></li> <li><a href="/das/en/">WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/case/en/">WIPO Centralized Access to Search and Examination (CASE)</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col"> <h3>Knowledge</h3> <ul class="dividers"> <li><a href="/patentscope/en/">PATENTSCOPE</a></li> <li><a href="/reference/en/branddb/">Global Brand Database</a></li> <li><a href="/reference/en/designdb/">Global Design Database</a></li> <li><a href="/wipolex/en/">IP Laws and Treaties (WIPO Lex)</a></li> <li><a href="/standards/en/">Standards</a></li> <li><a href="/classifications/en/">Classifications</a></li> <li><a href="/ipstats/en/">Statistics</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col"> <h3>Cooperation and Policy</h3> <ul class="dividers"> <li><a href="/global_ip/en/">Global Infrastructure</a></li> <li><a href="/global_ip/en/activities/ip_office_business_solutions/">Business Solutions for IP Offices</a></li> <li><a href="/policy/en/">Policy</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-footer-outer"> <div class="container-footer-inner"> <wipo-footer id="footer"> <span slot="contact">https://www3.wipo.int/contact/en/area.jsp?area=artificial_intelligence</span> <span slot="media">https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/</span> <span slot="terms">https://www.wipo.int/tools/en/disclaim.html</span> <span slot="privacy">https://www.wipo.int/en/web/privacy-policy/</span> <span slot="accessibility">https://www.wipo.int/en/web/accessibility/</span> <span slot="sitemap">https://www.wipo.int/tools/en/sitemap.html</span> <span slot="newsletters">https://www3.wipo.int/newsletters/en/</span> <span slot="podcast">https://www.wipo.int/en/web/podcasts/</span> <span slot="rss-feed">https://www.wipo.int/news/en/</span> </wipo-footer> </div></div> <script src='/export/system/modules/org.wipo.internet.rwd.templates/resources/scripts/plugins2016-min.js'></script> <script src='/export/system/modules/org.wipo.internet.rwd.templates/resources/scripts/main2016-min.js'></script> <script src='/export/system/modules/org.wipo.internet.rwd.templates/resources/webfonts/ss-standard.js'></script> <script src='/export/system/modules/org.wipo.internet.rwd.templates/resources/scripts/wipo.js'></script></body></html>