Summary from the Federal Register
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will hold a roundtable to seek public input regarding: whether existing laws protecting an individual's reputation and existing laws prohibiting unauthorized use of an individual's name, image, voice, likeness, or other indicia of identity (collectively referred to within this Notice as "NIL") are sufficient given the development and proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The USPTO will seek this input to assist in its ongoing work to shape intellectual property (IP) policy, including NIL policy, and to assist in its work related to President Biden's Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.
Dates
The USPTO will hold a public roundtable, titled Protecting NIL, Persona, and Reputation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, on August 5, 2024. The roundtable will consist of an in-person session and a separate virtual session. Individuals who wish to participate as a speaker at either session of the roundtable must submit a request to the email address below (at the ADDRESSES section of this Notice), and such requests must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on July 31, 2024.