About This Webinar
Increasingly sophisticated and autonomous AI is being used in the generation of creative works, raising significant economic, social, and legal implications. The U.S. Copyright Office has long prohibited copyright protection for AI-generated outputs—a stance recently reasserted even where a human author exerted substantial control. In 2025, it adjusted its policy to allow more reliance on AI while continuing to deny registration for entirely AI-generated works, a move now under challenge before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Around the world, courts and legislatures are asking how much human input is needed for copyright protection, and arriving at varied conclusions. In this webinar, Ryan Abbott (Partner, Brown Neri Smith & Khan) will examine these developments and their impact on copyright subsistence in the age of AI. In particular, participants will learn:
* How AI is reshaping the creation of new works
* Recent shifts in U.S. Copyright Office policy
* Key litigation on AI-generated and AI-assisted content
* International approaches to AI-driven creativity

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Presenter
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    Ryan Abbott
    Partner at Brown, Neri, Smith & Khan
    Ryan Abbott, MD, JD, PhD, is partner at Brown, Neri, Smith & Khan, LLP, where his practice focuses on dispute resolution in the life science and information technology industries. He is an experienced trial and appellate attorney, having appeared as an advocate and lead counsel in numerous state and federal courts as well as in foreign courts, including the UK Supreme Court, and in arbitration proceedings. Ryan has managed numerous contentious matters ranging from high value commercial disputes between large entities, to patent litigation and litigation involving complex technologies such as cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance platforms, to disputes involving wrongful termination and wrongful death. His diverse educational and practice background allows him to contribute new perspectives and a business- oriented mindset to both conflicts and transactions. In 2019 and 2021, Managing Intellectual Property magazine named him as one of the fifty most influential people in intellectual property. In 2022, he was named a World IP Review (WIPR) Leader for Patents, one of IAM’s Strategy 300—The World’s Leading IP Strategists, and he was a recipient of Managing Intellectual Property’s Europe Cross-Border Patent Litigation Team of the Year award. In 2023, he was named one of IAM’s Strategy 300 Global Leaders and again a World IP Review (WIPR) Leader for Patents.
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