Professor Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid, PhD, is an authority in IP and AI, specializing in the challenges artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies pose to IP laws, participating in leading cases in the U.S. on AI and IP and proposing solutions for interpreting IP laws in the context of AI.
Within the Copyright Association, Judge Katherine Forrest lauds her as the foremost thinker on AI and copyright.
She has been a teaching at Fordham Law School since 2012, leading the IP-AI & Blockchain Projects at Fordham Law CLIP, until 2021; a research fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, since 2011; a board member of Penn State Dickinson Law IP & Innovation; and at the board of Global IP Alliance, and the founder and the head of Graduate Law School on “Commercial Law, High-Tech, and Technology” at Ono Academic Law School in Israel; and the founder the Shalom Comparative Research Institute, Eliyahu Law and Tech International Center.
She has won awards and scholarships for publications and research on the legal impact of AI and blockchain, including the visionary article “Generating Rembrandt” recognized by Michigan State University. Honored for her numerous publications on AI and IP, her influence extends to top academic institutions and international bodies like WIPO.
She is part of the project for recognition of the AI system “DABUS” as an inventor in the U.S. Copyright office and the U.S. patent offices led by Prof. Ryan Abbott, and authored the U.S. Supreme Court Brief, supported by distinguished professors, including Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law.
She recently authored the Amicus Brief for the appeal against the DC court’s decision, which seeks to invalidate the copyright of AI-generated artwork. The proceedings are ongoing.
She holds a BA in Life Sciences and a BA in Psychology, from Bar Ilan Univ., Israel (both cum laude); LLB Law, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel (cum laude and 3 times dean awards); PhD in Law, Hebrew U., Direct Program for Outstanding Students; Post Doc. at the Graduate Program, Law, Yale Law School, USA.
Fordham University, School of Law, Visiting Professor since 2012;
Yale Law School, Information Society Project (ISP), Professor Fellow;
Fordham Law CLIP, Head of the IP – AI & Blockchain Project (until 2023);
Ono Academic College, Law School, Israel, Co-Head of Master Program, Advanced Legal Studies Committee; Head of Master program “Commercial, High Tech and Technology”,
The Shalom Comparative Research Institute, Eliyahu Law & Tech Center, Founder & Academic Director.
