Lecture
Guest Speaker: James Creedon on AI and Intellectual Property
This session is led by James Creedon, an intellectual property attorney and Deputy Managing Partner at Scale LLP, where his work centers on trademarks, brand protection and IP litigation for fashion, retail and tech companies. He teaches artificial intelligence and intellectual property at SMU Dedman School of Law, where he used to run the trademark clinic, and before that he earned his undergraduate degree at CUNY and his law degree at Fordham. He’ll talk about who owns work made with AI, what copyright and trademark law protect right now, and what designers should tell clients about how a piece was made.
Come with one question about ownership of something you’ve made this semester with AI. During the talk, note one thing you’d now tell a client about your process that you wouldn’t have told them before.
Homework
Write the first draft of your AI-Use Policy.
- Write it on your My AI-Use Policy page in Notion, under Version 1 — Draft.
- Say what you’ll use AI for, what you won’t, and what sits in between.
- Say what you disclose, to whom, and when.
- Include one thing from James’s talk that changed how you’d handle ownership or disclosure with a client.
You’ll keep revising this policy for your final.
How to submit (due Monday, November 30)
- Duplicate the Week 11 Homework template into your Process Journal’s Submissions database and rename it “Week 11 — Homework.”
- Add the link to your My AI-Use Policy page.
- Write one line on what from the talk ended up in your draft.