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AI Governance · Intellectual Property

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how intellectual property is created, governed, and enforced. The legal frameworks are moving. The technical systems are already deployed.

Izquierdo Advisory advises technology companies, rights holders, and platforms on the regulatory and operational obligations at the intersection of AI and intellectual property — across the European Union, the United States, and Latin America.

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The Questions Our Clients Are Asking
01

Who created this — and can you prove it?

Generative AI produces content at scale across every creative industry. The authorship records, attribution layers, and rights documentation that platforms, labels, and brands built over decades were not designed for this. When a dispute arises — licensing, infringement, or regulatory inquiry — the gap is always the same: insufficient documentation of who contributed what, when, and under which rights framework.

Attribution & Documentation Infrastructure
02

Is your AI system compliant by design — or patched after the fact?

The EU AI Act is in force. GPAI model providers, high-risk AI system operators, and the platforms integrating both face binding obligations requiring architectural decisions — risk management systems, technical documentation, human oversight mechanisms, conformity assessments. Compliance added as a legal overlay after deployment is the most expensive kind. The August 2026 deadline is not a planning horizon. The audit trail starts now.

Governance-Embedded AI Architecture
03

When enforcement crosses borders, does your infrastructure follow?

Synthetic media, AI-generated likenesses, scraped training data, and deepfake content do not respect jurisdictional lines. The enforcement frameworks that govern them — EU AI Act, US state deepfake laws, Andean IP systems, WIPO obligations — do not align. Effective enforcement requires structured legal mapping, operational coordination, and AI-enabled monitoring tools working at the scale the problem demands.

Cross-Border Enforcement & Regulatory Navigation
The Practice
AI

Andrés Izquierdo

Founder & Principal

IP LawAI GovernanceEnforcementPolicyWashington DC
Best Lawyers 2020 · Chambers & Partners 2014–2020
Co-Chair, AIPLA Sub-Committee on AI & Copyright
Published: Oxford · Max Planck · Kluwer · De Gruyter · THEMIS
LL.M. IP — American University WCL & WIPO / Turin
Counsel: PIJIP / American University WCL · Geneva Graduate Institute

Andrés Izquierdo has spent his career at the operational core of intellectual property systems — inside the industry as Business and Legal Director for Sony Music Entertainment in the Andean Region, on the enforcement front lines developing strategies for Ferragamo and Gucci in cross-border markets, and in operational partnership with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) Colombia in major enforcement actions spanning digital and physical markets.

The firm's approach to AI governance is built from inside knowledge of how intellectual property is created, licensed, monetized, monitored, and enforced across complex global ecosystems — and from the practical understanding that regulatory obligations are implemented differently across jurisdictions, not uniformly applied.

Alongside enforcement and industry experience, Andrés has engaged at the highest levels of international IP policy in partnership with American University's PIJIP and the Geneva Graduate Institute's Center for Knowledge — contributing to WIPO treaty negotiations including the Design Law Treaty and the Genetic Resources Treaty, advising national governments on copyright modernisation, and publishing widely on AI regulation, text and data mining, and digital platform governance in Oxford, Max Planck Institute, De Gruyter, and Kluwer Law International.

The firm operates in partnership with senior engineers with over 20 years of experience in software architecture, complex systems design, and AI-driven application development — combining practical IP enforcement expertise with advanced technical capability to build governance and compliance systems that function in real deployment environments.

Industry

Sony Music Entertainment · Ferragamo · Gucci · IFPI Colombia

Academic & Policy

PIJIP / American University · Geneva Graduate Institute · WIPO treaty processes

Recognitions

Best Lawyers 2020 · Chambers & Partners 2014–2020 · AIPLA Co-Chair

Education

LL.M. IP (American University WCL) · LL.M. IP (Turin/WIPO) · JD (Universidad de los Andes)

Proprietary Platforms

Systems built for regulatory environments that exist — not the ones that were expected.

Each platform is available for licensing and early access. Operational tools for compliance teams, platform operators, and rights holders — not frameworks or white papers.

European Union · Regulation (EU) 2024/1689

EU AI Act
Compliance Engine

The EU AI Act creates a tiered obligation structure — prohibited practices, high-risk classifications, GPAI model obligations, transparency requirements — with binding deadlines from August 2026. The Compliance Engine maps a company's AI systems against the full regulatory framework: scope determination, risk classification, obligations gap analysis, remediation roadmap, and penalty exposure. Built from the Act's operative text, Commission Guidelines (C(2025) 5052, 5053), and the Code of Practice for GPAI Models.

Designed for

GPAI model providers · High-risk AI system operators · In-house compliance and legal teams · Platform operators integrating third-party AI systems

Licensing & early access
United States · State-level regulatory mapping

US Deepfake Law
Navigation System

Synthetic media regulation in the United States is fragmented across state legislatures with no unified federal framework. Tennessee's ELVIS Act, California's AB 602, and a growing body of state-level statutes create an overlapping, non-uniform compliance landscape. The Navigation System classifies a company's exposure, maps applicable state-level obligations, and generates jurisdiction-specific compliance logic structured for operational use — updated as new legislation passes.

Designed for

Content platforms · Media distributors · Music and entertainment companies · Legal teams managing multi-state operations

Licensing & early access
Global · Music rights ecosystems

Music Metadata
Identification & Attribution Tool

AI-assisted music creation introduces attribution gaps at the point of production that compound across distribution, licensing, and rights management workflows. Collecting societies, labels, and digital platforms need traceable contributor records that hold up across jurisdictions and regulatory inquiries. Designed with awareness of international rights management ecosystems, cross-border distribution standards, and metadata practices across collecting societies and platforms.

Designed for

Rights holders · Collecting societies · Music platforms · Labels managing AI-assisted catalogues

Licensing & early access
Jurisdictional Reach

Regulatory diversity is not a constraint. It is the architecture problem the firm was built to solve.

AI governance frameworks and IP enforcement systems operate differently across civil law and common law jurisdictions, regional blocs, national implementations, treaty obligations, and domestic statutes. The firm's platforms and advisory work are designed for this heterogeneity — not for the assumption that regulatory environments will converge.

Prior enforcement work for European luxury brands, operational collaboration with IFPI Colombia, WIPO treaty engagement, and deep exposure to US regulatory and copyright policy environments shape how the firm's systems are architected — structured outputs, traceable reasoning, and jurisdiction-aware obligation mapping.

European Union EU AI Act compliance, GPAI model obligations, Code of Practice implementation, cross-border IP enforcement for luxury and entertainment sectors.
United States State-level synthetic media regulation, USPTO AI inventorship frameworks, AIPLA policy engagement, US Copyright Office AI guidance, platform intermediary liability.
Latin America Andean Community IP systems, Colombian copyright reform, IFPI enforcement operations, WIPO treaty obligations, cross-border digital enforcement coordination.
International WIPO treaty negotiations, international IP policy, Geneva Graduate Institute research, comparative TDM and AI governance frameworks.
Aug2026
EU AI Act binding deadline — high-risk AI systems & GPAI providers
50+
US state-level synthetic media bills active or passed
70+
AI-related copyright lawsuits filed globally since 2023
€35M
Maximum EU AI Act fine for prohibited practice violations

Current
Perspectives

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February 2026

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At the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games, figure skating has highlighted an issue bigger than choreography and jumps: the need for a modernized approach to music licensing at the Olympics.

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IP Meets AI: Disney's Deal with OpenAI
Copyright & AI Licensing
January 2026

IP Meets AI: Disney's Deal with OpenAI

Disney's licensing agreement with OpenAI could signal a structural shift.

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Get in Touch

The right conversation
starts simply.

To discuss a mandate, explore a platform licensing arrangement, or enquire about early access to any of the firm's compliance systems, contact directly. The firm works with technology companies, rights holders, platforms, and in-house legal and compliance teams across the EU, US, and Latin America.

info@andresizquierdo.com
Location 4300 Nebraska Ave NW
Washington, DC 20016
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Languages English  ·  Español
Platforms EU AI Act Compliance Engine · US Deepfake Navigation System · Music Metadata Tool
Licensing and early access arrangements are available for all three platforms. Engagements are accepted on a mandate basis across the EU, United States, and Latin America.