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Copyright: who owns this work - my business or the person who made it?
Paying for work does not always mean you own the copyright. The answer depends on who made it, on what terms, and what kind of work it is.
Ownership of AI-generated material is not settled.
High complexity - significant legal consequences
- Section 2(d)(vi): for a computer-generated literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, the author is the person who causes the work to be created.
- Whether a particular AI output is 'original' enough to attract copyright at all is an open question in India.
- Read the AI tool's terms of use, and keep records of the human creative choices made.
Not sure whether this applies to your invention?
The honest answer usually needs someone to look at your actual disclosure, your timeline and the prior art. That is a conversation, not an article.