Activities of Andor DELI related to 2020/2015(INI)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies
Amendments (10)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the ambitions affirmed by the Commission in its communications of 19 February 20201 as well as in the Commission's White Paper on ‘Artificial Intelligence - A European approach to excellence and trust’ and in the European Data Strategy, in the area of AI artificial intelligence (AI) and data; _________________ 1(COM(2020)0064, COM(2020)0065, COM(2020)0066 and COM(2020)0067).
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that the development and deployment of AI technologies make it necessary to address technical, social, economic, ethical and legal issues in a variety of policy areas, including IPRs and to provide answers and formulate policies on European level;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that the development of AI technologies in the transport sector has the potential to bring considerable economic, societal, environmental and safety benefits; underlines furthermore that AI should be equally deployed in all modes of transport, in the urban as well as rural areas, therefore a holistic, technologically neutral and flexible approach is needed to tackle adequately all challenges in the transport and mobility sector;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that IP protection strategies will constantly evolve over time as AI evolves, and that it will be necessary to take account of issues such as flexible copyright, patent and related rights, patent protection, trademark and design protection or even trade secrets and know- how rules, and to consider what route will provide innovators with the broadest and most robust means of IP protection;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to take into account the seven key requirements identified in the Guidelines of the High- Level Expert Group, as welcomed by it in its communication of 8 April 20192 and properly implement them in all legislation dealing with AI; _________________ 2 “Building trust in human-centric artificial intelligence (COM(2019)0168)”.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the current fragmented legal framework of IP rights represents an obstacle for the development of AI technologies in transport; calls on the Commission, therefore, to evaluate the fitness of its intellectual property regime for the development of AI technologies and to put forward the legislative proposals it finds necessary in order to ensure the legal certainty and encourage investments in these technologies;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is fully aware that progress in AI will have to be paired with major improvements in connectivity in order to come to full fruition, highlights therefore the importance of 5G networks for the full deployment of AI technologies; takes note of the intensive patenting activity taking place in the transport sector when it comes to AI; expresses its concern that this may result in massive litigation that will be detrimental to the industry as a whole;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that standard essential patents (SEPs) play a key role in the development and dissemination of new AI technologies and ensuring interoperability; calls on the Commission to encourage the emergence of cross-industry standards and formal standardisation; recalls in this regard the Commission’s communication of 29 November 2017 on SEP licensing and the key principles it set out for transparency in SEPs, namely fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing and enforcement; draws particular attention to SEPs that can improve road safety and safety of other modes of transport as well as security for transport users;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the Commission’s willingness to ensure that data will be collected and used and in full compliance with the EU’s strict data protection rules; however a right balance between data protection and IP rules is needed thus granting necessary flexibility to AI innovators while respecting personal data and privacy;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to adequately address the question of data and intellectual property protection with sufficient flexibility and technologically neutrality while ensuring proper level of legal certainty;