Erin Austin, a Harvard Law graduate and expert in intellectual property law, discusses the legal risks of using AI in client deliverables. She advises professionals to review AI platform terms and avoid sharing trade secrets. Erin also clarifies that only human-created elements are copyrightable, while AI-assisted work can be used commercially. Through her website, ThinkBeyondIP.com and Scaling Expertise podcast, she helps entrepreneurs protect their expertise and transition from selling time to licensing valuable assets.
If you provide services that involve the creation of original designs, strategic decks, creative briefs, positioning statements, brand architecture, taglines, verbal messaging, visual messaging, or logos, and you are considering using AI to create some or all of the deliverables…WE NEED TO TALK! Let’s uncover all of the legal traps involved with using AI to create client deliverables.
Meet Erin Austin–Harvard Law alum, seasoned expert in all things contracts, and the go-to legal advisor for professionals with corporate clients looking to transform their expertise into an empire. A lawyer for over 25 years, Erin has advised corporate giants like Warner Brothers and MGM, and played pivotal roles from COO to General Counsel in various IP-centric companies in research, data, and publishing.
Erin stands out in the legal field for her commitment to empowering entrepreneurs to be their own advocate to become the preferred partner—not another undifferentiated order takers–to their corporate clients. Erin’s unique approach to business and law is demonstrated through the many resources and trainings she has developed specifically to overcome the “contract scaries” when corporate clients send their 50 page contracts for you to sign. Number one priority—protecting your expertise from use (or reuse) without you.
Get samples of Erin’s blend of legal expertise and entrepreneurial insight on her website, [ThinkBeyondIP.com](https://www.thinkbeyondip.com/), and her podcast, “Scaling Expertise”, where she writes and talks about the expert’s journey from selling time to selling (or licensing) assets and creating new leveraged revenue streams.
Off the clock, you might find Erin in the great outdoors, battling brush on her farmette, hiking the Appalachian Trail or working on her backhand. And when she’s not quest for the holy grail of gluten-free baguettes (tips welcomed!), she’s busy sliding into the DMs of business coaches who work with clients selling into corporate: biz whiz + legal pro = the perfect match for turning 6 figure consultants into 7 figure powerhouses.