Recently, a piece of art called “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial” took home the first-place prize at the Colorado State Fair’s fine art competition in the category of digital arts/digitally manipulated photography. The art was generated using AI. Can AI hold a copyright? Can a human hold a copyright for a piece of artwork that they used AI to generate? Robert J. Marks discusses copyright, trademarks, and artificial intelligence with attorney and author, Richard W. Stevens.

Additional Resources

• Robert J. Marks at Discovery.org
• Richard W. Stevens at Discovery.org
• The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law by Ryan Abbott 
• “Can a Robot Hold a Patent?” at Mind Matters News
• “Should AI Be Granted Patents On The Designs It Helps Develop?” at Mind Matters News
• “Should AI Hold Patents? The Flash-Of-Genius Answer” at Mind Matters News
• “Why We Need To Stop Relying On Patents To Measure Innovation” at Mind Matters News
• “How Patent Law Has Changed For The Worse” at Mind Matters News
• “It’s AI Art — But Is That Really Art?” at Mind Matters News
• “When Should AI Art Be Protected By Copyright?” at Mind Matters News
• Hal Philipp at Michigan Tech
• Hal Philipp on the Mind Matters Podcast
• “AI won an art contest, and artists are furious” at CNN Business