Decisions · Policy · United States
IPO comments on AI and copyright and on AI-assisted inventions
Intellectual Property Owners Association (US) · 2023-10 · Proposal · non-binding
Can AI-generated work be protected?
Only the human parts
AI can't be an author or inventor, but humans using AI as a tool can be
What it says
IPO told the Copyright Office that AI systems cannot be authors while a human using an AI tool in the creative process can be, describing AI as an advanced tool. On patents it supported keeping existing inventorship rules for AI-assisted inventions, so a significant human contribution still makes that person an inventor. (Comment letters, not board resolutions.)
US rights owners back the 'AI is a tool' approach for both copyright and patents.
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Data as of 2026-10-21.
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