Thompson Coburn’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) group comprises a multidisciplinary team of attorneys who are well-versed in the legal and regulatory issues surrounding use of AI. This includes copyright, patent, contract, privacy, cybersecurity, and employment/HR issues, particularly in regulated industries such as health care, financial services, and higher education.
We have a keen understanding of how AI is transforming the world and the legal landscape, providing practical, balanced advice to clients as they develop and implement this technology while managing risks.
With a team of highly experienced attorneys around the country, we advise clients on AI-related matters in many industries, including technology, computer software, generative AI developers, health care and finance. Our AI attorneys employ a collaborative approach, working to fully understand clients’ business needs and developing tailored solutions and compliance strategies.
We help clients navigate fast-changing legal and regulatory issues surrounding artificial intelligence.
Our attorneys work closely with clients to carefully assess risks and implement practical, balanced solutions.
The AI team combines significant industry and legal subject matter knowledge.
Our practice encompasses the full range of legal issues for companies developing and implementing AI products, including intellectual property, privacy, and cybersecurity issues.
assessing risk, providing solutions
Our AI team understands the inherent risks that come with developing and implementing AI-powered solutions to address business issues. We work with clients to assess these substantial, difficult-to-manage risks associated with specific AI projects and develop strategies to mitigate those risks. This includes advising on copyright and licensing issues, drafting and negotiating terms and conditions for AI-powered products and services, and helping clients develop robust privacy and cybersecurity programs. Our team also represents clients in a variety of AI-related disputes, including copyright infringement, breach of contract and product liability claims.
providing legal and industry subject matter knowledge and guidance
Our attorneys work with clients to develop and implement IP protection strategies for their AI-powered products and services, carefully considering issues of inventorship and authorship, as well as prompt engineering. This includes drafting and filing patent applications and negotiating IP licenses. We have successfully obtained numerous patents for our clients on inventions relating to AI technology, also litigating patents on EE/computer science matters, including AI technologies. We also advise on copyright issues related to AI, including the protection of AI-generated works, statutory damages, AI software licensing and the use of copyrighted works in AI training datasets.
Additionally, we help clients draft and negotiate terms and conditions for AI-powered products and services, including those related to data collection, sharing and use, privacy and intellectual property rights. Our attorneys develop robust privacy and cybersecurity programs for our clients’ AI-powered products and services and advise on compliance with privacy laws and regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We also advise businesses in regulated industries on the specific legal issues surrounding the use of AI in health care, financial services and higher education. These include privacy and security issues and regulatory compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
