Principal John McCormick Discusses Copyright Implications of Thaler v. Perlmutter

In Law360's midyear report on the biggest copyright rulings of 2026, Principal John McCormick discussed the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to review the artificial intelligence (AI) copyright dispute in Thaler v. Perlmutter. He noted that the ruling reinforces the requirement for human authorship as a prerequisite for copyright protection and highlighted that important questions remain regarding the copyrightability of AI-assisted works.

Excerpt: "At this point, it's safe to say that it's an absolute prerequisite for copyright protection."

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