Master the shifting legal landscape of generative AI, protect digital assets, and navigate the high-stakes future of copyright, patents, and ownership.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the intellectual property landscape, challenging long-established legal principles around ownership, authorship, inventorship and enforcement. As AI-generated content and AI-assisted innovation become increasingly common, legal practitioners must understand how existing IP laws apply, where uncertainty remains, and how emerging reforms may affect clients and organisations.
This practical course explores the evolving relationship between AI and intellectual property, focusing on the Australian legal framework while considering its interaction with international IP regimes. Participants will gain practical guidance on copyright, patents, trade marks, licensing, AI training data, contractual risk allocation and cross-border enforcement, enabling them to confidently advise clients on protecting and commercializing intellectual property in the age of AI.
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Professor Emeritus | Murdoch University
Professor Michael D. Pendleton is Professor Emeritus of Law at Murdoch University and has held academic appointments at leading institutions across Australia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, including the University of Sydney, the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, the University of Canterbury, the University of Auckland, and the University of Otago. With more than 40 years of experience in intellectual property law, Professor Pendleton is an authority on Australian, Chinese, and New Zealand IP law. He has authored 12 intellectual property textbooks and practice manuals, along with more than 100 law journal articles. His work has focused extensively on copyright, patents, and broader intellectual property law. Professor Pendleton has served as Chair of the Western Australian Law Reform Commission and was twice appointed by the Australian Prime Minister to the Copyright Law Review Committee. He has also served on the Hong Kong Law Reform Commission, is a Life Member of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association, and has held editorial board positions with leading intellectual property law journals. In addition to his academic career, Professor Pendleton has practised with international law firms including Baker & McKenzie, Deacons, and Bird & Bird. He is admitted as a barrister and solicitor in Australia, England and Wales, and Hong Kong, and serves as a WIPO Mediator, Arbitrator, and Domain Name Panelist.
