Navigating Singapore's thriving AI landscape requires a legal partner who understands that this rapidly evolving technology brings tremendous creative potential and yet carries unique challenges and real-world liability risks. Our artificial intelligence practice group is committed to staying at the forefront of legal and technical developments in AI, with the view to protecting your AI and AI-created assets, minimising the risks inherent in AI exploitation and deployment, and remaining compliant with the developing regulatory framework.

 

We can support you in the following areas: 

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Safeguard Your AI Innovations

• Patent Protection: Secure exclusive rights to your computer-implemented inventions involving AI algorithms and processes. Our experienced patent attorneys will guide you through the patent application process in seeking protection for your inventions in Singapore and elsewhere
   

• Copyright Protection: Advise on protection of your AI platforms and AI-generated works, including software code, datasets, and creative outputs. We will help you understand your rights and enforce them against infringers
   

• Trade Secret Protection: Keep your confidential AI algorithms and business strategies secure. We will help you establish robust trade secret programs and defend your valuable information
   

Maximise the Value of Your AI IP

• IP Licensing & Commercialisation: Develop strategic licensing agreements to monetise your AI assets and expand your reach in the market. Our team will manage your liability risks inherent in AI platforms and AI generated output, negotiate favourable terms and protect your interests
   

• IP Due Diligence: Conduct thorough IP assessments for mergers, acquisitions, and investments involving AI technologies, and identify potential risks and opportunities to ensure that informed decisions are made
   

• IP Litigation: Enforce your IP rights and defend against infringement claims. Our experienced litigators will represent you vigorously in court or alternative dispute resolution forums

Ensure Responsible AI Development and Use

• AI Governance & Policies: Develop comprehensive AI governance frameworks and policies that align with ethical principles, legal requirements, and industry best practices, including Singapore’s Model AI Governance Framework. We will help you navigate complex issues such as bias, transparency, accountability, and human oversight in AI systems
   

• PDPA Compliance: Ensure your AI applications comply with Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) to safeguard personal data and maintain trust with your users
   

• IP Infringement: Manage your risks of IP infringement in the use of training datasets for your AI platforms

Our Recent Experience

• Advised a leading global investment company on aligning its deployment of AI with the Singapore Model AI Governance Framework
   

• Developed a Generative AI Policy for a multinational e-commerce platform, safeguarding responsible use of its generative AI tools and mitigating potential risks
   

• Secured the data protection compliance of a sales intelligence company’s AI-powered tools
   

• Provided strategic counsel to an AI-image generating social media platform on navigating the complex copyright landscape surrounding its AI generation processes
   

• Supported an AI-based machine learning company on understanding and addressing copyright and fair use implications within its data training and machine learning processes
   

• Secured global patent protection for a leading consumer pack oils company's AI algorithms for predicting oil blends

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• Advised a leading AI speech and language company about its invention for intent detection and classification
   

• Collaborated with a US Fintech company on patenting its AI tool for transforming and comparing trade data
   

• Secured patent protection for a Singapore university involving AI models for transport demand prediction
   

• Advised an AI platform service provider in the financial services sector on managing its risks of IP infringement, data breach and contractual liability.

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