The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to deny Stephen Thaler’s petition for writ of certiorari in Thaler v. Perlmutter effectively solidifies – at least for now – the human authorship requirement as the...
Copyright cases require plaintiffs to prove specific elements to establish a valid claim. Understanding these requirements is necessary for both copyright holders seeking to protect their work and...
Copyright law protects original works of authorship, but the definition of “originality” often creates layers of confusion among creators and authors (referred to as “authors”). At its core, the...
Introduction In copyright infringement cases, courts must determine whether one work impermissibly copies another’s protected expression. While the widely used “extrinsic test” focuses on comparing...