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even if you think your robot is alive

https://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 https://www.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. https://imagination-engines.com/founder.html
• Complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.1.0.pdf
• Case docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17458883/thaler-v-iancu/
• Answer (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.13.0.pdf
• Memorandum opinion (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404/gov.uscourts.vaed.483404.33.0_1.pdf
• Appeal decided (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cafc.17833/gov.uscourts.cafc.17833.60.0.pdf
• Appeal docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/64871696/thaler-v-vidal/
• US Supreme Court rejects computer scientist's lawsuit over AI-generated inventions https://www.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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcg0Qpzfzjw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• Thaler (Appellant) v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (Respondent) https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2021-0201
• Complaint (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956/gov.uscourts.dcd.243956.1.0.pdf
• Case docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63356475/thaler-v-perlmutter/Memorandum opinion (PDF)

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