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Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) relies on the exploitation of existing content to generate new material, and introduces a new paradigm, where not all content is created by human anymore. This essence of GenAI raises urgent questions about the lawful use of copyright-protected content as input to train GenAI systems, and about the ways we can distinguish between content that is protected by copyright and content that is not.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) have unveiled the results of their study, “Intellectual Property Rights and Firm Performance in the European Union.” The research highlights how intellectual property rights (IPRs) —including trade marks, designs and patents— drive business success, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).