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JONES DAY TALKS®: Women in IP – AI and Copyright Law Need-to-Knows

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Artificial intelligence presents so many opportunities, but there are still so many questions in relation to copyright law. What constitutes fair use? How much human input satisfies the human authorship requirement? Can...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Is (Copyright) Paradise Lost for A Recent Entrance to Paradise and Other AI-Generated Works?

Last week, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Thaler v. Perlmutter. The opinion notably solidifies the U.S. Copyright Office’s position that works generated autonomously (and thus solely) by artificial...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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Copyrightability of AI Outputs: U.S. Copyright Office Analyzes Human Authorship Requirement

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Artificial intelligence ("AI") raises unique challenges in the context of copyright law. To address and clarify various issues arising at the intersection of AI and copyright, the U.S. Copyright Office ("Office") is in the...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: U.S. Copyright Office Issues “Digital Replica” Report Finding Urgent Need for New Federal Legislation

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Last year, the U.S. Copyright Office commenced a far-reaching policy study concerning copyright and related issues raised by the widespread availability and use of artificial intelligence (AI). This week, the Office released...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Navigating the Legal Landscape: Generative AI and Copyright Law

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Generative artificial intelligence captivated the world in 2023 and is firmly positioned to remain center stage in the coming year. In the United States, the introduction and early-stage use of generative AI have been plagued...more

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Key Takeaways - Using Generative AI in an IP-Driven Business: Practical Tips and Legal Risks

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Kilpatrick’s Dan Englander and James Trigg recently presented to clients and colleagues on the topic of “Using Generative AI in an IP-Driven Business: Practical Tips and Legal Risks” at the firm’s annual 2024 Advanced...more

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Human Authorship Requirement Continues To Pose Difficulties for AI-Generated Works

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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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] Exploring the Intersection of Intellectual Property, Copyright and Artificial Intelligence | Akin Intelligence

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

Goodwin

What’s Next for AI? Six Areas to Watch in 2024

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Generative AI (GenAI) surged to the forefront of corporate agendas and public policy debates last year, promising to boost productivity and innovation. What’s in store for AI in 2024?...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

“The Plaintiffs Are Wrong”: OpenAI Submits New Authority in Attempt to Knock Out Sarah Silverman’s Claims

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In the latest skirmish between Sarah Silverman and other authors against Chat GPT-maker OpenAI, OpenAI submitted a new decision from a California federal court in support of its attempt to dismiss the Silverman plaintiffs’...more

Baker Donelson

Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property Considerations for Your Business Operations

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INTRODUCTION - Over the past couple of decades, artificial intelligence-enabled (AI) technologies have crept into the marketplace, providing businesses with internal- and external-facing services, such as customer...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

An Analogy for the Current Wave of AI Copyright Lawsuits

We are at the beginning of what promises to be a wave (potentially a tsunami) of complaints filed against the companies behind generative AI models (e.g., OpenAI).  Recent lawsuits from Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad (Tremblay...more

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Can I Own Copyrights in Content Created or Partially Created by AI?

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As AI systems demonstrate unprecedented capabilities to create, manipulate, and generate original content, the interplay between AI and copyright law has come to the forefront of legal discourse. This convergence presents...more

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Famous Authors Clap Back at OpenAI’s Attempt to Dismiss Claims Regarding Unauthorized Use of Content for Training LLM Models

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As we’ve previously written, the rise of generative AI has led to a spate of copyright suits across the country. One major target of these suits has been OpenAI. Actor/comedian Sarah Silverman and author Paul Tremblay are...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

AI’s Artistry Denied: No Copyright for AI Author

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Summary - The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld last week, in a first-of-its-kind case, the U.S. Copyright Office's denial of an application to register an image purportedly generated entirely...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Generative AI and Recent Copyright Developments

The recent expansion of the scope and capabilities of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools and platforms has introduced a number of legal challenges. These challenges can represent a double-edged sword, both for...more

Ius Laboris

AI 101: The risks of using AI-generated works

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AI is already capable of doing all sorts of tasks that, until recently, could only have been done by humans. But if AI is working for you, could it be infringing others’ intellectual property rights? And might you be liable...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

How ChatGPT and Other Artificial Intelligence Impacts Authorship, Ownership, and Intellectual Property Rights

In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken a significant step forward. For example, the following is a text generated by ChatGPT (a public AI chat bot) when prompted to “write a 300-word paper on how ChatGPT will...more

Smart & Biggar

À qui appartiennent les créations générées par l’intelligence artificielle et pourquoi vous devriez vous en préoccuper

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Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie s'est récemment exprimé sur le thème de l'intelligence artificielle (IA) et de la protection de la PI pour les œuvres créées à l'aide de l'IA, en tant qu'invité de « Voix de la PI canadienne », un...more

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Who owns AI-generated creations – and why you should care

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Recently Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie spoke on the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and IP protection for AI-generated works as a guest on Canadian IP Voices, an official podcast produced by the Canadian Intellectual...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

AI and IP: What’s the Deal?

This is the second entry in a series of posts by our team about AI generative tools such as ChatGPT and related legal issues (our first was ChatGPT: The Future May Be Bright, But on What Terms?).  Many people are aware of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Me, Myself, and (A)I: Copyright Office to Focus on AI Authorship

According to a recent interview in December 2022, the U.S. Copyright Office (the "Office") signaled that it would focus in 2023 on "legal grey areas" surrounding copyrightability of works generated in conjunction with...more

Jones Day

Which AI Components Are Copyright Protectable and Which Are Not?

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Background  - On February 14, 2022, the Review Board of the U.S. Copyright Office denied a second request for reconsideration regarding a refusal to register artwork created by AI. Importantly, the application for...more

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