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even if you think your robot is alive
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/04/ai-works-cant-be-copyrighted-or-patented-in-the-us - blog post
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Sources:
US Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-declines-hear-dispute-over-copyrights-ai-generated-material-2026-03-02
Stephen L. Thaler, Ph.D., President & CEO, Imagination Engines, Inc. imagination-engines.com/founder.html
Complaint (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.1.0.pdf
Case docket courtlistener.com/docket/17458883/thaler-v-iancu
Answer (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.13.0.pdf
Memorandum opinion (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.33.0_1.pdf
Appeal decided (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cafc.17833/gov.uscourts.cafc.17833.60.0.pdf
Appeal docket courtlistener.com/docket/64871696/thaler-v-vidal
US Supreme Court rejects computer scientist’s lawsuit over AI-generated inventions reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-rejects-computer-scientists-lawsuit-over-ai-generated-2023-04-24
‘It has feelings’: Inventor says he has built a sentient AI youtube.com/watch?v=bcg0Qpzfzjw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Thaler (Appellant) v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (Respondent) supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2021-0201
Complaint (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956.1.0.pdf
Case docket courtlistener.com/docket/63356475/thaler-v-perlmutter
Memorandum opinion (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956.24.0_2.pdf
Appeal decided (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.40231/gov.uscourts.cadc.40231.01208720945.0.pdf
Appeal docket courtlistener.com/docket/67892225/stephen-thaler-v-shira-perlmutter
Previously on Pivot to AI:
People are ‘blatantly stealing my work,’ AI artist complains pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/30/people-are-blatantly-stealing-my-work-ai-artist-complains
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even if you think your robot is alive
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/04/ai-works-cant-be-copyrighted-or-patented-in-the-us - blog post
Patreon: patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids)
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/A1529D5
Buy us useful things: amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6
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Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com
Sources:
US Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-declines-hear-dispute-over-copyrights-ai-generated-material-2026-03-02
Stephen L. Thaler, Ph.D., President & CEO, Imagination Engines, Inc. imagination-engines.com/founder.html
Complaint (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.1.0.pdf
Case docket courtlistener.com/docket/17458883/thaler-v-iancu
Answer (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.13.0.pdf
Memorandum opinion (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.33.0_1.pdf
Appeal decided (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cafc.17833/gov.uscourts.cafc.17833.60.0.pdf
Appeal docket courtlistener.com/docket/64871696/thaler-v-vidal
US Supreme Court rejects computer scientist’s lawsuit over AI-generated inventions reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-rejects-computer-scientists-lawsuit-over-ai-generated-2023-04-24
‘It has feelings’: Inventor says he has built a sentient AI youtube.com/watch?v=bcg0Qpzfzjw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Thaler (Appellant) v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (Respondent) supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2021-0201
Complaint (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956.1.0.pdf
Case docket courtlistener.com/docket/63356475/thaler-v-perlmutter
Memorandum opinion (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956.24.0_2.pdf
Appeal decided (PDF) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.40231/gov.uscourts.cadc.40231.01208720945.0.pdf
Appeal docket courtlistener.com/docket/67892225/stephen-thaler-v-shira-perlmutter
Previously on Pivot to AI:
People are ‘blatantly stealing my work,’ AI artist complains pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/30/people-are-blatantly-stealing-my-work-ai-artist-complains
Full Pivot to AI playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Audio-only podcast: pivottoai.libsyn.com
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot-to-ai/id1844698298
