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Perkins Coie

Copyright for AI-Generated Visual Content in Video Games

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The video game industry is being transformed by the integration of generative AI into creative workflows. AI-generated characters, environments, and other visual assets are becoming increasingly common, offering new...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Pursuing Copyright Clarity amidst the Gen AI Creativity Revolution

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A collision is on the horizon. The collision is between a strict interpretation of the human authorship requirement under U.S. copyright law, and the ascendence of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) as an essential...more

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5 Steps to Get Your AI-Assisted Work Registered

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Artificial intelligence is changing the creative world faster than the law can keep up. Artists, designers, and meme creators are now using AI tools to brainstorm, illustrate, and even finish parts of their work. But the...more

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AI As An Author - "Creativity Machine" Creator Asks Supreme Court to Reconsider Authorship Requirements

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On October 9, 2025, Dr. Stephen Thaler and team submitted a petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court asking “[w]hether works outputted by an AI system without a direct, traditional authorial contribution by a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Appellate Court Affirms Human Authorship Requirement for Copyrighting AI-Generated Works

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has affirmed a district court ruling that human authorship is a bedrock requirement to register a copyright, and that an artificial intelligence system cannot be deemed the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DC Circuit Affirms Decision That Copyright Statute Requires Some Amount of Human Authorship, Leaves More Difficult Questions for...

Does copyright law require that a human create a work? Yesterday the D.C. Circuit in Thaler v. Perlmutter held that it does and that a machine (such as a computer operating a generative AI program) cannot be designated as the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

What Makes an AI Generated Work “Original”?

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The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) products in the past couple of years has significantly increased the capacity for individuals, businesses, and organisations to utilise AI to produce a wide range of...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Who Owns Creativity? — AI in Entertainment

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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the film and television industry in content creation raises many legal and business issues. One key issue is the ownership of the works generated using AI and the ability to register...more

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Client Alert: Can Works Made with Generative AI be Copyrighted?

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In response to the increased use of sophisticated artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies capable of producing expressive material, the U.S. Copyright Office (“CO”) published a two-part series on the copyrightability of...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Generative AI in Focus: Copyright Office's Latest Report

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On January 29, 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office released its highly anticipated report (the Report) regarding the copyrightability of works created using generative artificial intelligence (AI). The Report concluded that...more

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