Generative AI: Infringement or Innovation?

Friday, 31 May 2024 at 09:00 AM

7th Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (virtual conference)

Cost: Free

Sponsored by the Seattle University School of Law; Its TILE Program (Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics) Its SITIE institute (Summer Institute for Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship); Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law (SJTEIL); and Miller Nash LLP

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Schedule for Friday, May 31, 2024 (virtual)
Time (all times PDT) Event Event details
9:00 a.m.PDT Welcome Dean Anthony E. Varona, Seattle University School of Law
9:10-9:45 a.m. Overview of Generative AI Technology

LeighAnne Thompson, Seattle University School of Law, Associate Director, Law Library Digital Innovation, Associate Director, TILE
9:45-10:45 a.m. Reimagining Copyright in the Generative AI Era

Moderator: Margaret Chon, Donald and Lynda Horowitz Endowed Chair for the Pursuit of Justice, Co-Director, TILE, Seattle University School of Law

Panelists:

  • Edward Lee
    • Professor of Law, Director of the Program in Intellectual Property Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law
  • Matthew Sag
    • Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science, Emory University Law School
10:45-11:00 a.m. Break
11:00-12:30 p.m. The Case for Infringement

Moderator: Steven W. Bender, Associate Dean for Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Co-Director, TILE, and Professor, Seattle University School of Law

Panelists:

  • Ian Crosby, Susman Godfrey L.L.P. (counsel for New York Times v. OpenAI and Microsoft)

  • Joseph R. Saveri (counsel for Sarah Silverman et al. v. OpenAI and Meta)

The Case for Innovation

Panelists: TBA
12:30-12:40 p.m. Break
12:40-1:40 p.m.

Keynote Speaker

Digital Resurrection: Immortality or Imposter?

Victoria Haneman, Associate Dean of Research and Innovation and Frank J. Kellegher Professor of Trusts & Estates, Creighton University School of Law

Commentators:

  • Yonathan Arbel, Associate Professor of Law and Director of Artificial Intelligence Initiative, University of Alabama School of Law

  • Robert Cumbow, Miller Nash LLP and Adjunct Professor, Seattle University School of Law

1:40-1:45 p.m.

 Break
1:45-3:00 p.m. Generative AI and Artists

Moderator: Steve Tapia, Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Seattle University School of Law

Panelists:

  • Moorisha Bey-Taylor (award winning entertainment attorney representing creatives)
  • Sarah Duran, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • Heather Johnson, Systems Director, SubPop Records
  • Others TBA
3:00-3:15 p.m.  Break
3:15-4:00 p.m. Generative AI Tort Liability  Mark Chinen, Professor, Seattle University School of Law (author of The International Governance of Artificial Intelligence, and Law and Autonomous Machines: The Co-Evolution of Artificial Intelligence and Technology)
5:00-6:30 p.m. Post-Conference Live Reception at Miller Nash LLP

605 5th Ave. S, Suite 900 Seattle WA 98104 (one block south of the International District streetcar line)

[Reception RSVP will be supplied to conference registrants]

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This year’s conference builds on past annual themes of 2018’s Blockchain and FinTech: Innovation and Regulation (sponsored by Fenwick & West LLP); 2019’s RegTech: The Transformation of Regulation & Compliance (sponsored by Perkins Coie LLP); 2020’s Data Justice: Legal and Policy Issues in Data Collection, Usage, and Ownership (sponsored by Perkins Coie LLP); 2021’s Innovating for the Social Good (sponsored by Perkins Coie LLP); 2022’s Deep Innovation Dives; and the 2023 conference, Enabling Innovation in Law and Society (sponsored by Perkins Coie LLP).

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