Abstract

The article attempts to qualify cases whereby a given intangible asset is a result of creative and individual activity of man and activity of artificial intelligence. In the discussion on copyright protection of AI products under copyright law much less attention is devoted to borderline cases whereby assessed is not an item produced by artificial intelligence as such but as an element of a greater whole which – being at the same time a result of human intellectual activity – can aspire to copyright protection. Basing on the assumptions of the concept of the integral structure of a work the authors analyse individual cases of intangible assets produced by human and AI activity from the viewpoint of the regulation of the Act of 4 February 1994 on Copyrights and Neighbouring Rights concerning development of works, co-authored works, combined works, compilations and collective works. On this basis they formulate conclusions with respect to the possibility of extending copyrights protection to such works in light of Polish copyright law.