The dawn of AI-generated images has brought both innovation and challenge to the creative industries. Design businesses, in particular, find themselves navigating a new landscape where the lines between originality and replication blur, making intellectual property (IP) protection more crucial—and complicated—than ever.

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Here’s how design businesses can safeguard their IP in the evolving world of AI-generated imagery.

Understand the Basics of IP Rights

Beyond the primary types of IP rights, it’s crucial for design businesses to recognize how these rights intersect with new technologies. For instance, the emergence of AI-generated images raises questions about derivative works and the extent to which original designs influence AI outputs.…