| 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 |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
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 |
| 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 |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
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? |
| 22-5588 |
John Wakefield v. New York |
New York |
2022-09-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
artificial-intelligence confrontation-clause due-process expert-testimony forensic-evidence probabilistic-genotyping sixth-amendment source-code |
Does the Confrontation Clause require disclosure of AI software source code? |
| 18-9636 |
Donald Furtys v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment artificial-intelligence automated-technology criminal-conviction double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment video-voyeurism |
Whether the Fifth Amendment Double Jeopardy Clause bars multiple convictions of video voyeurism stemming from a camera that has new automated technolo… |