authorship
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1. Whether works outputted by an AI system without a direct, traditional authorial contribution by a natural person can be copyrighted. |
| 20-661 | Christian Charles v. Jerry Seinfeld, et al. | Second Circuit | 2020-11-13 | Denied | Response Waived | authorship authorship-claim circuit-split civil-procedure copyright-infringement copyright-ownership ownership-dispute statute-of-limitations work-for-hire | The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's application of the limitations period in 17 U.S.C. §507 (b) to dismiss plaintiff Christian Charles's … |