United States of America: Issued District Court of Columbia ruling denying copyright to AI system owner (Thaler v USPTO)
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Issued District Court of Columbia ruling denying copyright to AI system owner (Thaler v USPTO)
On 18 August 2023, the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued its ruling in a lawsuit on the copyright registration of art created by Artificial Intelligence. The plaintiff is the owner of an Artificial Intelligence System called "Creativity Machine", which according to the plaintiff, created visual art in the role of an author with him as the owner. The plaintiff argued that he should be granted the copyright, which the US Copyright Office denied due to a lack of human authorship. The Court now ruled against the plaintiff, stating that work "created absent any human involvement" can not be registered for copyright.
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Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Patent protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
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2019-08-12
under investigation
2020-03-30
under investigation
2021-09-02
under investigation
2022-02-14
in force
2022-08-05
in force
2023-04-24
in force