---
id: "question-ip-law-adaptation"
type: "open-question"
source_timestamps: ["§ Opportunities"]
tags: ["legal", "intellectual-property"]
related: ["concept-competitive-moats"]
resolutionPath: "Monitoring landmark copyright infringement cases involving foundation models and subsequent legislative updates from bodies like the US Copyright Office."
sources: ["futures"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-futures"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-nm-99-genai-end-incumbent-advantage"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2024/11/could-gen-ai-end-incumbent-firms-competitive-advantage"
sourceTitle: "Could Gen AI End Incumbent Firms’ Competitive Advantage?"
---
# How Will IP Systems Adapt to Generative AI?

**Open question.** While deep-tech IP may remain a barrier (see [[framework-moat-evolution|surviving moats]]), the author expects the *value of copyrighted content to decline*. He explicitly states to *"expect modifications to the IP system as generative AI raises core questions about what kinds of IP can be patented and copyrighted,"* leaving the exact nature of those legal modifications unresolved.

**Resolution path.** Monitor landmark copyright-infringement cases involving foundation models and subsequent legislative updates from bodies like the US Copyright Office. Bears directly on how durable the IP-based portion of [[concept-competitive-moats|competitive moats]] will be.