Beyond Inspiration: When AI in design becomes a legal issue

Join us for a one-hour session to explore the evolving legal and ethical challenges facing graphic designers working with generative AI and synthetic media. We’ll translate fast-moving legal rules into plain language and practical steps you can apply to real projects. Through real-world examples, we’ll cover:

• Can AI-assisted outputs be protected by copyright—and if so, by whom?
• When and how you can use personal information, likenesses, and voices without violating privacy, publicity, or moral rights.
• Contracts that protect you: scopes of work, client approvals, usage rights, indemnities, licensing, and clear AI disclosures.
• The latest cases and regulatory trends in Canada and the U.S. that affect everyday design decisions.
• A practical checklist of “dos and don’ts” for graphic designers when integrating AI into their workflow.

Attendees will leave with an understanding of the risks and opportunities of AI in design, and concrete best practices to protect their work, clients, and reputation.

About Mimi Palmer

Mimi is a Partner in the Technology & Intellectual Property and Privacy & Access to Information Practice Groups at WeirFoulds LLP. She advises clients on intellectual property, information technology, privacy compliance, data protection, and marketing and advertising law. A Registered Trademark Agent, Mimi brings extensive in-house experience from leadership roles in retail and loyalty marketing, where she guided commercial strategy, IP ownership, data governance, and complex vendor and partnership agreements. She is also a dedicated mentor and advocate for advancing women in law.

About Olalekan (Wole) Akinremi

Olalekan is a Partner in the Technology & Intellectual Property and Privacy & Access to Information Practice Groups at WeirFoulds LLP. He advises clients on artificial intelligence, privacy compliance, data security, cloud services, and complex technology agreements (including SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS). Wole brings extensive experience from private practice and in-house counsel roles at a Big Four firm and Fortune 500 companies. A frequent speaker on AI and privacy law, he recently co-presented at Osgoode’s National Forum on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and the Law for Financial Services. He is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/C).