AI-Generated Artwork and Copyright Ownership

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in line with the U.S. Copyright Office's determination, found that the generative AI-created artwork at issue in 'Thaler v. Perlmutter' did not satisfy the Copyright Act's "human authorship" requirements.

November 07, 2023 at 10:00 AM

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Intellectual Property

Catherine Nyarady

Crystal Parker

On Aug. 18, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment for the United States Copyright Office (Copyright Office) in Thaler v. Perlmutter, 1:22-cv-1564 (D.D.C.), affirming the Copyright Office's denial of copyright registration for artwork created by a generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) system.