Who Owns the Code

Answer a few questions about how your team uses AI to write code, and we’ll email you a personalized risk assessment. It shows where AI-generated code puts your ownership and compliance at risk.

Part 1: AI-Code Risk Persona

First, let's identify your organization's AI-code risk persona. Answer a few questions. Your persona appears below and updates as you go, then continue to the questions that follow.

Part 2: AI Tools & Usage

1. Which AI tools are you using?

GitHub Copilot
ChatGPT
OpenAI Codex
Cursor
Claude / Claude Code
Google Gemini / Gemini Code Assist
Windsurf
Amazon Q Developer
Other:

2. Under what kind of agreements are these tools used?iEnterprise and business plans often include IP indemnification and no-training commitments. Individual and free accounts usually do not.

Enterprise/business agreements
Individual or free accounts
Mixed
Don't know

3. How are you using AI?

Writing or generating code
Agentic / autonomous coding ("vibe coding")
Refactoring or migration
Code review
Tests
Documentation
UI design / content
Other:

4. Roughly what share of the codebase is AI-generated or AI-assisted?iYour best estimate. The larger the share, the more of the codebase may fall outside copyright protection.

Under 10%
10–50%
Over 50%
Don't know

Part 3: Policies & Governance

5. Do you have a policy for AI prompting?iA documented standard for how your team writes prompts. For example, what information may or may not be pasted into an AI tool.

Yes No

6. Do you have a policy for AI content use?iRules for where and how AI-generated material may be used in your products and code.

Yes No

7. Is AI-generated code reviewed by a person before merge?iWhether a person reviews AI-generated code before it is merged, instead of accepting it unchecked.

Always Sometimes Never

8. Do you label or comment the AI-generated code?iMarking AI-generated sections in the source (such as a comment) so they can be identified later.

Always Sometimes Never

9. Do you mention AI-generated code in commits?iNoting in commit messages when changes were produced with AI assistance.

Yes No

10. Do you mention AI-generated code in documentation?iRecording in your documentation that AI tools contributed to the codebase.

Yes No

11. Does AI-generated code reach production without human review?iWhether unreviewed AI-generated code can end up in live, customer-facing systems.

Yes No Don't know

12. Do you restrict AI-generated code in certain systems?iWhether you forbid AI-generated code in sensitive areas such as security, payments, or core IP.

Yes No

13. Do you store AI prompts in version control?iSaving the prompts used to generate code (for example in git) as a record of how it was created.

Yes No

14. Have you reviewed the license terms for your AI coding tools?iWhether you have read your AI tools' terms covering ownership, training data, and indemnity.

Yes No Don't know

Part 4: People & Training

15. Are developers trained on the responsible use of AI tools?iWhether developers have been taught to use AI tools responsibly and understand the IP risks.

Yes No

16. Do contractors or vendors use AI tools on your codebase?iWhether outside contractors or vendors run AI tools against your code. Third-party AI use can create ownership gaps, and not knowing is itself a gap.

Yes No Don't know

17. Do your employee and contractor agreements address AI use and IP ownership?iWhether your employment and contractor agreements state who may use AI and who owns the resulting code.

Yes No

Part 5: Awareness & Ownership

18. Are you aware of the risks of using AI-generated code?iWhether you understand that AI-generated code may not be copyrightable or fully owned by you.

Yes No

19. Do you assert that you own the code?iWhether you currently claim legal ownership of your code. Purely AI-generated portions may not be ownable.

Yes No

Part 6: Support Needed

20. What kind of assistance are you looking for?

IP & PatentsiHelp protecting your code and inventions through copyrights, patents, and trade secrets.
AI Risk AssessmentiA deeper review of how you use AI and the ownership and compliance risks it creates.
Development AuditsiA review of your codebase and process to find AI-generated code and document how it was made.
Best Practices & PoliciesiWritten guidance for using AI tools safely and consistently across your team.
Governance & AgreementsiFrameworks and contract language defining permitted AI use and who owns the output.
M&A Due DiligenceiAssessing AI-related IP risk before an acquisition, investment, or sale.
Training & EducationiSessions for developers, executives, or legal teams on AI, IP, and ownership.
Other (please specify)

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