  This document posits that, at best, a tenuous case can be made for providing
AI exclusive IP over their "inventions". Furthermore, IP protections for AI are
unlikely to confer the benefit of ensuring regulatory compliance. Rather, IP
protections for AI "inventors" present a host of negative externalities and
obscures the fact that the genuine inventor, deserving of IP, is the human
agent. This document will conclude by recommending strategies for WIPO to bring
IP law into the 21st century, enabling it to productively account for AI
"inventions".
  Theme: IP Protection for AI-Generated and AI-Assisted Works Based on insights
from the Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI) staff and supplemented by
workshop contributions from the AI Ethics community convened by MAIEI on July
5, 2020.
