EMERGING ISSUES INTROSPECTION: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, DIGITAL TRADE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Do we really have future with intellectual property over the advancements made in AI technology and digital trade? If we do, Nigeria must rejig her legal framework and enact more solid and global friendly policies to harness such full potentials. We must adopt a mechanism to fight and manage the growing concerns that comes with the use of artificial intelligence and digital technology. Yes, digital technology has its own benefits especially as it has brought about greater opportunities for intellectual property owners, like licensing and monetization of IP assets etc., even companies of late pledges their IP as collateral to generate funds, thereby making the opportunities brought by digital technology obviously outweighs the expected challenges. This article therefore seeks to explore intellectual property as an emerging area of law, highlighting the emerging issues bordering on digital trade and the use of artificial intelligence. The work proffers solutions on how better to apply AI to be more efficient to our daily activities, limiting ou.r scope to Nigeria as a territory.