| 25-449 |
Stephen Thaler v. Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director of the United States Copyright Office, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-10-14 |
Pending |
ai-generated-works artificial-intelligence authorship copyright-law creative-works intellectual-property |
Whether works outputted by an AI system without a direct, traditional authorial contribution by a natural person can be copyrighted |
| 25A82 |
Stephen Thaler v. Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director of the United States Copyright Office, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-07-21 |
Presumed Complete |
ai-authorship copyright-office copyright-protection creative-works intellectual-property machine-generated-work |
Whether an artificial intelligence system can be recognized as a valid copyright author under U.S. intellectual property law |
| 22-919 |
Stephen Thaler v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-03-21 |
Denied |
artificial-intelligence innovation-rights invention inventor inventor-definition patent patent-act patent-eligibility patent-law standing statutory-interpretation |
Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term 'inventor' to human beings alone? |
| 22A615 |
Stephen Thaler v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-01-10 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
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