Mind the Gap: States Step in to Address Ownership of AI-Generated Works Amid Federal Uncertainty

Following the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari this spring in Thaler v. Perlmutter (Case No. 25-449), which left unaddressed the U.S. Copyright Office’s (“USCO”) requirement of human authorship for copyright protection, creators are left without clear guidance on just how much human contribution, if any, is required for a work to be copyrightable….
By: Mayer Brown