A Munich court has held that three AI‑generated logos lacked the required level of human creative input to qualify for copyright protection. Although prompts were used, the judges found that the AI's technical contribution outweighed the claimant's creative choices, meaning the designs were not sufficiently original.
In order that a design or other work can be protected by copyright in the EU and UK, it must be original in the sense of involving a human author's making of creative choices such that their personality finds its expression in the work.
This does not necessarily rule out the copyright protection of works produced using an AI model. The question is whether the human "author" has retained sufficient control over the creation of the work that it does indeed express that individual's personality.
