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US Supreme Court Declines to Consider Whether AI Alone Can Create Copyrighted Works

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The US Supreme Court has declined to consider the copyrightability of artwork generated purely autonomously by artificial intelligence, leaving in place the “human authorship requirement” for copyright protection. In this...more

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AI Update: SCOTUS Declines Review in Thaler Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Dr. Stephen Thaler’s appeal seeking copyright protection for his AI‑generated artwork A Recent Entrance to Paradise. The decision allows to stand the long series of administrative...more

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The Final Word? Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case on AI Authorship and Inventorship

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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to weigh in on whether artificial intelligence (AI) can be an author under U.S. copyright law. On March 2, 2026, the Court denied certiorari in Thaler v. Perlmutter (Case No. 25-449) and...more

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Supreme Court Denies Petition on Copyright Authorship by AI

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On March 2, 2026, the Supreme Court denied certiorari filed by Dr. Stephen Thaler, who sought review of the U.S. Copyright Office's denial of copyright protection to various works created by Thaler's “DABUS” artificial...more

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AI Reporter - January 2026

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The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing an appeal by computer scientist Stephen Thaler, who argues AIgenerated works should qualify for copyright protection, contrary to the U.S. Copyright Office’s stance that only human-authored...more

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Dr. Thaler Is Right, in Part

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When Dr. Stephen Thaler asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the human authorship requirement for copyright protection last month, many observers dismissed the effort. Thaler’s claim—that his generative AI system should...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

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When Man Beats Machine: The Latest in Artificial Intelligence and Copyright

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Summer must be coming, because the courts are starting to heat up with copyright decisions in artificial intelligence (AI) cases. We’ve previously written here, here, and here about Dr. Stephen Thaler’s attempts to register...more

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When the Machine Becomes the Creator: Artificial Intelligence v. the Human Creator Requirements of U.S. Copyright Law

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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

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Media & Entertainment: 10 Legal Developments Impacting Business and Legal Decisions

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With 2024 underway, our team highlights 10 of the most pressing legal issues facing the media and entertainment industry this year. In 2024, media and entertainment businesses will focus on whether the longstanding tenet...more

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From Ireland to Iceland to Groban? Supreme Court Leaves in Place Circuit Split Regarding Approach for Assessing Substantial...

The United States Supreme Court recently denied certiorari in Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd. v. Peermusic Ltd., et al, bringing an end to a copyright infringement suit relating to Josh Groban’s 2003 song You Raise Me Up....more

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MoFo IP Newsletter - August 2016

Supreme Court Abolished Federal Circuit's Test for Willfulness - On June 13, 2016, in Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., 579 U.S. ___ (2016), the Supreme Court unanimously abrogated the Federal Circuit’s...more

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