The IP Office has issued the first copyright certificates for works that include images created by artificial intelligence (AI).

Image collection “Easter cards”

Thus, the IP Office carried out the state copyright registration and issued a copyright certificate for the composite work – a collection of images “Easter cards”, where images generated by a computer program were used. The compiler of the images collection “Easter Cards” is Margarita Boyko.

“Today, the use of generative AI is considered to be a new tool for the creative industry development, but  not only just like a threat to authors and the industry”, – noted Liubov Maidanyk, Deputy Director of the IP Office.

Ukrainian legislation provides copyright protection only to images created by humans.

“If images are created only using AI-generative platforms, – copyright does not arise. At the same time, the Law of Ukraine “On Copyright and Related Rights” makes it possible to define sui generis rights to such images”, – added Liubov Maidanyk.

Children’s book and poems collection with illustrations

In addition, the IP Office carried out the state registration of copyrights and issued certificates for a children’s book and poems collection illustrated with AI-generated images. These are children’s book “The Enchanted Adventure of Rufus” by Anna Khorolska and collection “Poems of an Unfinished War” by Andriy Sitnikov.

“Nowadays, generative AI is becoming an assistant in creating illustrations for various works. At the same time, copyright applies only to that part which is created by a person”, – emphasized the Deputy Director of the IP Office.

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