Key holding or allegation
No merits judgment had been identified by the project cutoff; plaintiff argues that prompting and post-processing satisfy human authorship.
Why it matters
Potentially important U.S. test of copyrightability beyond the autonomous-AI facts of Thaler.
Facts
Plaintiff challenges refusal to register a work produced through extensive Midjourney prompting and later human modifications.
Issues before the court
How much human creative control over AI-assisted output is required for copyright protection of the work as a whole.
What the court did not decide
No merits holding yet.
Procedural timeline
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Pending status checkpoint: No merits judgment identified in the project docket check; summary-judgment briefing had been completed earlier in 2026.