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Abstract. The European Parliament has recently adopted three resolutions containing recommendations for the European Commission with a view to drafting and drafting future regulations on artificial intelligence. The resolutions contain indications aimed at defining a European legal framework on civil liability, ethical principles and the protection of intellectual property rights in artificial intelligence systems.

On October 20, 2020, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions containing recommendations for the European Commission with a view to drafting and drafting future regulations on artificial intelligence (AI) and in particular:

• Resolution containing recommendations to the Commission on a civil liability regime for artificial intelligence;
• Resolution containing recommendations to the Commission concerning the framework relating to the ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies;
• Report on intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies.

These three initiatives follow the publication by the Commission, on 19 February 2020, of the White Paper on Artificial Intelligence and anticipate the legislative proposals that the Commission should present in the first half of 2021.

The above-mentioned resolutions aim to promote innovation while preserving ethics and trust in new technologies, protecting the intellectual property rights of all stakeholders and defining a clear framework regarding the responsibility of the parties involved.

The Parliament stresses that, in order to effectively exploit the advantages and prevent possible misuse of AI systems, as well as to avoid regulatory fragmentation in the Union, it is essential to have uniform legislation, guided by ethical principles and adapted to future needs; it therefore seems essential to define a horizontal and harmonized legal framework, based on common principles, to ensure legal certainty, establish uniform rules throughout the Union and effectively protect European values and the rights of citizens.

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