Introduction: The New Pattern of Intellectual Property in the AI Era

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the global industry is undergoing a profound transformation from traditional manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing. In this process, the role of intellectual property (IP) becomes increasingly crucial - it is not only the umbrella for technological innovation, but also the core driving force for AI enabled industries. The theme of the 2025 National Intellectual Property Promotion Week is "Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence", focusing on the deep integration of AI technology and intellectual property, and exploring its profound impact on the innovation ecosystem. This theme not only highlights the important position of intellectual property in the new era, but also reveals the key role of AI technology in empowering the entire intellectual property chain.

In this article, we will elaborate on the depth and breadth of AI's impact on intellectual property from four dimensions: AI empowering intellectual property creation, protection, management, and expansion.

AI Empowers Intellectual Property Creation: Stimulating Innovation Vitality

The rapid development of artificial intelligence technology is reshaping the pattern of intellectual property creation and injecting new momentum into innovation activities. The new generation of technologies represented by AI patent retrieval and analysis tools such as Smart Sprout, Baiteng.com, Soopat, and Patentics, use deep learning algorithms to process global patent big data. They can not only automatically generate technical solution ideas, but also achieve visual analysis of technological evolution paths, helping innovation entities accurately identify technological gaps and innovation opportunities. These intelligent tools integrate core technologies such as natural language processing and knowledge graphs, enabling real-time tracking of patent developments in over 140 countries and regions worldwide. This enables researchers to quickly grasp technological trends and shorten traditional technology research that takes months to complete to just a few days. In the field of biomedicine, AI systems have been able to predict molecular activity and generate patentable compound structures; In the intelligent manufacturing industry, generative design algorithms can automatically optimize product structure and form patented solutions. This intelligent innovation model not only significantly improves the efficiency of intellectual property creation, but also significantly enhances the technological content and market value of innovative achievements, promoting the transformation of industrial innovation from experience driven to data-driven intelligence driven.

AI supports intellectual property protection: building a strong innovation defense line

AI technology is building a multi-dimensional intelligent protection network for intellectual property protection, promoting the industry's transformation from passive rights protection to intelligent defense. Taking globally renowned intellectual property AI protection platforms as an example, such as the Copytrack system in the United States, real-time recognition and comparison of infringing content are achieved through deep learning algorithms, which can quickly scan massive network data and accurately locate infringing behavior. Taking image copyright protection as an example, the Copytrack platform can automatically track the usage of over 500 million online images every day, with an accuracy rate of up to 98%. Platforms like IBM's IP Advisor combine blockchain technology to store key information such as intellectual property registration and transactions on the chain, ensuring the integrity and immutability of the evidence chain. In addition, multimodal AI technology is breaking geographical limitations and building a globally interconnected infringement monitoring network. Alibaba Cloud's "Intellectual Property Protection Platform" has established an infringement monitoring network covering over 200 countries and regions worldwide, processing over ten million infringement detection requests annually. The continuous iteration of these AI platforms is driving the shift from post relief to pre prevention in intellectual property protection, and building a solid digital protection barrier for the global innovation ecosystem.

AI optimized intellectual property management: moving towards intelligent operation

Artificial intelligence technology is leading intellectual property management into a new era of intelligent operation. For example, engines such as Sixlens patent value map and PatSnap AI evaluation system can analyze multidimensional data such as technology lifecycle, market application prospects, and legal status in real-time, dynamically quantifying the value of patent assets. In the transaction process, the Anaqua platform utilizes blockchain smart contract technology to automatically execute intellectual property license agreements and transfer rights, reducing transaction cycles by over 60% and costs by 50%. IBM's AI decision support systems such as IP Advisor continuously optimize through machine learning, helping companies such as Microsoft and Samsung shift their intellectual property strategy from experience driven to data-driven, with prediction model accuracy exceeding 90%. With the integration of 5G and IoT technologies, Siemens' MindSphere IP Manager has achieved digital management of the entire process of research and development, application, and operation, automating the processing of over a million intellectual property transactions annually. These AI platforms are driving the evolution of intellectual property management towards full factor digitization, full process automation, and full cycle intelligence, transforming intellectual property from static legal rights to quantifiable, tradable, and value-added strategic assets, and building intelligent infrastructure for the global innovation ecosystem.

AI expands intellectual property services: building an innovative ecosystem

The widespread application of AI technology is driving innovation and upgrading of service models, helping to build a more efficient and collaborative innovation ecosystem. China's AI driven intellectual property service platform is accelerating the construction of an innovative ecosystem, represented by intelligent systems developed by technology companies such as Baidu, Tencent, and Alibaba, providing full chain services for enterprises. The patent intelligent service platform launched by Baidu AI Cloud integrates the ERNIE big model technology, which can realize intelligent retrieval and analysis of patent documents. Its semantic retrieval accuracy rate is 65% higher than that of traditional methods, and has helped enterprises such as Dajiang shorten the patent layout cycle by 40%. Tencent's intellectual property protection platform relies on AI image recognition capabilities to monitor billions of infringement clues for companies such as Huawei and Xiaomi every year, with an accuracy rate of 92% for e-commerce platform infringement recognition. The industry university research intelligent docking system created by Alibaba Cloud has facilitated over 3000 technology collaborations between research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences and enterprises through knowledge graph technology, with a technology conversion amount exceeding 3 billion yuan. Focusing on science and technology innovation services, China's platforms such as Keyi.com and CNKI use "one-stop science and technology innovation knowledge intelligence services" as their core. Their AI patent value evaluation system can dynamically analyze the technical and commercial potential, helping enterprises such as CATL to achieve patent asset appreciation. The service system of "intelligent retrieval infringement monitoring achievement transformation value evaluation" constructed by these localized platforms not only improves the efficiency of enterprise intellectual property management, but also promotes the transformation rate of scientific and technological achievements in China to increase several times, providing digital infrastructure support for innovation driven development.

Conclusion: Building the Future Ecology of AI and Intellectual Property Together

AI is the 'telescope' that extends human intelligence, while the intellectual property system is the 'compass' that ensures the telescope's direction is not off track. In this era of human-machine collaboration innovation, we must not only make good use of AI's "super computing power", but also adhere to HI's "value judgment". Only by responding to changes with an open and collaborative attitude can intellectual property truly become the "cornerstone" and "engine" of AI empowering high-quality development. Because all great technological advancements will eventually return to human dignity and wisdom.