Baku: An international conference on “Artificial Intelligence and Patents” co-organized by the Intellectual Property Agency of Azerbaijan and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) started in Baku. Addressing the ceremony, Professor Kamran Imanov, Chairman of the Board of the Intellectual Property Agency, noted that artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the greatest technological achievements of human civilization.
According to Azerbaijan State News Agency, Kamran Imanov emphasized that intellectual property should not obscure new technologies but rather adapt to them. He highlighted that issues related to AI are always in the spotlight in Azerbaijan. The “Artificial Intelligence Strategy of the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2025-2028,” approved by the relevant Decree of President Ilham Aliyev, covers the economy, public administration, education, infrastructure, among other sectors.
Opening remarks were made by Grigory Ivliyev, President of the Eurasian Patent Office, Ulrike Till, Director of the Intellectual Property and Frontier Technologies Division of WIPO, and representatives from various international patent offices including those of Japan, France, and Korea. Notable Azerbaijani figures such as Academician Isa Habibbeyli, President of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Hasan Hasanli, Deputy Minister of Science and Education, and others also participated.
Following the remarks, Kamran Imanov delivered an extensive report on the theme ‘Using AI in intellectual property: from mathematical roots to practical and philosophical-legal aspects.’ The two-day conference will feature reports by foreign experts on topics such as AI and intellectual property policy, patenting of inventions related to AI, application of AI as a tool in the patent system, and the use of AI in process management. The event will also include discussions on intellectual property policy on AI, patent authorship and ownership of rights, as well as a roundtable on ‘AI and intellectual property objects’.