GT Shareholder Ian Ballon, Co-Chair of the Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice, will speak at the 2025 Annual Meeting hosted by The Copyright Society. The event will take place from June 5 - 7 at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort in Cambridge, MD. This meeting brings together legal professionals, scholars, and industry leaders to explore current and future developments in copyright law across various creative and technological fields.
Ian will be speaking on "Taking Copyright to the Next Level: The Future of AI that Experts are Dreaming About" on June 7 from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm ET. This panel will focus on the future of AI and copyright law, as well as emerging technologies like smart devices, autonomous vehicles, self-aware systems, and brain-computer interfaces. The discussion will address legal questions around copyrightability, ownership, exclusive rights, and the DMCA. Ian will be speaking alongside Ben Golant, Senior Director for Global Video Game Policy at Tencent, Anna Gressel, Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and Scott McKinney, Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.