08-05-2025
Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Law and Follow-up Discussions of Research Papers

The second session of the conference was chaired by the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Dr. Samer Dalala'a, where Dr. Sharif Magdy Al-Habashi from Egypt spoke about the impact of artificial intelligence on the protection of copyright and related rights, reviewing images of attacks on copyright and stressing the need to prepare comprehensive legislation specific to artificial intelligence. Judge Ayat Mahmoud Khalaf from Egypt spoke about copyright in the metaverse and its applications to non-fungible virtual assets, the most important of which are authorship and joint work and fixation on a physical medium, and explained that they are unique digital assets that are recorded in artificial intelligence algorithms. Dr. Laila Barqawi from Al-Zaytoonah University discussed freedom of operation driven by artificial intelligence, "redefining intellectual property related to pharmaceutical companies," where she reviewed the journey of a pharmaceutical company through assessing freedom of operation with the help of artificial intelligence and the challenges faced by the company, including the different patent laws between countries. For his part, Professor Dr. Ziad Tariq Jassim from Iraq discussed the application of intellectual property rules to artificial intelligence systems through two directions: the first, the subjective direction, when innovation is a fundamental element in the author's personality, and the second, the work, which is an objective aspect. He also touched on the jurisprudential position of artificial intelligence and presented proposed solutions to enhance cooperation in several disciplines, activate knowledge platforms, and raise awareness. Professor Dr. Sahar Abdel Sattar Imam from Egypt spoke about artificial intelligence and the industry of justice between hopes of cooperation and fears of solutions through the axis of communication technologies and automation of the judiciary and the ethical and legal framework for artificial intelligence, as she explained the electronic procedures and automation of the judiciary "the robot judge" and the provisions of liability arising from the work of the robot judge. Dr. Mohammed Ali Al-Ghamdi from Saudi Arabia discussed "generative artificial intelligence creations and who owns intellectual property rights, legal and legislative challenges, bias, and quality of outputs." At the end of the session, a dialogue and discussion took place on the legal visions of artificial intelligence.​