Prompt Rights

Can a prompt be patented? There is a market for prompts and an emerging profession—prompt engineering—that is increasingly in demand, leading to the need to protect them, use them exclusively, or license them. In this speech, starting from concrete cases, we will delve into the aspects and unresolved challenges related to the intellectual property protection of prompts, seeking to answer important questions: What kind of protection is possible? What are the characteristics that make a prompt eligible for protection? Does protecting a prompt also protect the associated work created?