Rethinking Exclusivity – A Review of Artificial Intelligence & Intellectual Property [Review of: J.-A. Lee, R.M. Hilty, K.-C. Liu(2021) Artificial intelligence and intellectual property]

This review evaluates the edited work ‘Artificial Intelligence & Intellectual Property’. The book’s aim and audience are defined and its contents summarized both generally and chapter by chapter. The review also considers how the book has fared with its challenging scope, the difficult subject matter it covers, and the delivery of a coherent story and conclusions. It is concluded in this review that it speaks for the quality of both the cooperation among contributors and the editors’ vision that the book was quite successful on all accounts despite the difficulty of its project. The review highlights a few of the book’s arguments in the patent and copyright context put forth in support of two of the main discernible conclusions, briefly commenting on their persuasiveness, strengths, and limits. Concluding with some general words of reflecting, the book is recommended as an enlightening read.