AI and IP Law: Copyright, Ownership, and Licensing

• Split any AI copyright dispute into its three legal components: training data, model, and output, and know how each is answered differently across the UK, EU, US, and Japan
• Judge where the line between prompting and legal authorship now falls, using the same reasoning courts have applied to a 1,700-character prompt in Munich and 624 iterative prompts in the US.
• Use open litigation to build a defensible view on who owns an AI-generated output and who is liable when it infringes
• Communicate areas of legal uncertainty clearly to clients, colleagues, and decision-makers, even where precedent remains unsettled
• Curate a reference base of key cases, statutes, and legal materials for use beyond the course

The course is structured across three modules, progressing from the foundations of AI copyright law through authorship and ownership to infringement, liability, and licensing.

Please note, no legal or coding background is required for this course. The following roles will benefit from the content of the AI and IP Law: Copyright, Ownership, and Licensing online course:

• Lawyers, solicitors, and barristers working in intellectual property, technology, media, and commercial litigation
• In-house counsel advising organisations that develop, procure, or use generative AI
• Rights managers and licensing directors
• Intellectual property and commercial legal advisers
• Policymakers working at the intersection of AI and intellectual property
• Technology and digital professionals managing AI-enabled products and services
• Risk and insurance professionals assessing AI-related exposure
• Marketing, advertising, and brand professionals using generative AI to create commercial assets

This course is for you if:

• You need to advise your organisation or clients on AI copyright issues before the courts have provided definitive answers
• You need to understand whether content can legally be used for AI training
• You want to determine who may own an AI output and what level of human contribution matters.
• You work with AI-related issues across jurisdictions in the UK, EU, US, or Japan
• You need a structured way to identify infringement and licensing risk and know when to escalate an issue

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Entry requirements

There are no prerequisites for this course. No legal, coding, or technical experience is necessary.

Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive an LSE certificate of completion.

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