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On March 18, 2025 the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Stephen Thaler v. Shira Perlmutter et al., confirming that U.S. law requires human authorship. Specifically, the question presented to the Court was “can a...more
2023 was a breakout year for generative artificial intelligence (AI), but it was a rough year for protecting the content generated using such technology. The U.S. Copyright Office issued several rulings last year on the...more
In this episode of OnAir with Akin, lobbying and public policy partner Hans Rickhoff and senior counsel Reggie Babin lead a discussion with intellectual property partner David Vondle on intellectual property, copyright, and...more
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You are likely already familiar with two US recent decisions that have addressed the copyrightability of AI-generated works: (a) On August 18, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in...more
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Copyright Office Rejects Application for Refusal To Disclaim AI-Generated Elements - The U.S. Copyright Office has once again refused to register a visual work that included elements generated using artificial intelligence...more
On August 18, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment in favor of the Copyright Office in Thaler v. Perlmutter, 1 holding that the office did not act arbitrarily or capriciously or...more
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