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Randy McCarthy

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Randy McCarthy is a partner at national law firm Hall Estill and a registered U.S. patent attorney who practices in all areas of intellectual property law prosecution, litigation and counseling. His expertise includes development and management of client IP assets, licensing, IP strategy formulation and portfolio valuation.

Recent Articles by Randy McCarthy

Synthesis versus Innovation: A Practical Guide to Protecting IP When Using AI Technology

Current artificial intelligence (AI) systems can generate an astonishing variety of content, including text-based works, audio, video, images, programming code, product designs, technical papers, etc. In many cases, the output from an AI system is virtually indistinguishable from that of a human. This trend is expected to continue at an ever-increasing rate in the coming years. Since content solely generated by an AI system is not available for protection under existing intellectual property laws, the following are practical guidelines for human creators who wish to protect content that was created with the assistance of an AI system.