Artificial intelligence, intellectual property, and sustainable development

Authors

• Peter K. Yu, Texas A&M University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Book Section

Publication Date

6-2026

ISBN

978 1 03536 776 4

DOI

10.4337/9781035367771.00013

Abstract

Although artificial intelligence has received considerable attention from intellectual property scholars in recent years, it has not yet been fully explored in the sustainable development context. To fill this lacuna, this chapter outlines three major contributions that the concept of sustainable development, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals have provided to the debate on intellectual property law and policy. The chapter then discusses the implications of AI for sustainable development, with a focus on three sets of sustainability concerns: ecological, cultural, and global.

First Page

89

Last Page

102

Num Pages

14

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

Editor

Christophe Geiger

Book Title

Intellectual Property, Ethical Innovation and Sustainability

Recommended Citation

Peter K. Yu, Artificial intelligence, intellectual property, and sustainable development, in Intellectual Property, Ethical Innovation and Sustainability 89 (Christophe Geiger eds., 2026).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/2389