Negotiating the Industrial Metaverse: A Legal Guide to Industry 4.0

This book is a practical guide for legal professionals and policymakers to help navigate the current and evolving legal issues of Industry 4.0, featuring contributions from legal practitioners and technology and industry experts.It provides the necessary tools to navigate the complex regulatory, legal, ethical, and compliance issues arising from the integration of IoT, AI, digital twins, smart factories, big data, virtual reality, and cloud computing into the industrial world.The book helps readers consider risks, protect intellectual property, ensure data security, and deal with evolving legal standards in the industrial metaverse. Covering key topics including regulatory compliance, jurisdiction, intellectual property rights, cybersecurity, and data protection, the book also pays special attention to new areas such as ethical AI, data protection in IoT, and liability for autonomous systems and digital twins.These technologies, and their use in often highly regulated areas, are creati