AI, Intellectual Property, and NFTs in the Metaverse: Legal Questions and Considerations

The metaverse is a mosaic of virtual worlds and ecosystems, and a convergence of the physical and digital space, where businesses and people interact, transact and socialize. AI plays a critical role in powering the metaverse by enabling greater automation (via operation and processing speeds), connectivity (triggering and suggesting relationships based on preferences), and accessibility (making communication borderless and reducing frictions via translations, alternative representation for sight/hearing impairments, and use of brain computer interfaces). Intellectual property also plays a critical role in how we'll understand ownership for commercial and personal purposes in the metaverse, particularly in light of recent questions around NFTs. Join Ilona Logvinova, Ami Bhatt, Aleksandra Gruszka, Jen Lee, and Stephanie S. Spangler from McKinsey & Company as they bring to the forefront legal questions and considerations to help position lawyers as thought partners in the development of the metaverse.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the metaverse and the impact and role the legal profession can play in its development

2. Discuss how AI and IP will impact the development of the metaverse

3. Analyze NFT litigation as a precursor to metaverse disputes

4. Predict legal trends that will impact the development of the metaverse