Dispatches · est. 2026
Field notes on authoring, claiming, and defending AI characters.
Practical, sourced analysis of copyright and trademark as applied to AI-generated characters — written by the people building the assessment tool. New posts weekly.
Who Owns Tung Tung Tung Sahur? A Delaware LLC Is Trying To, And the USPTO Isn't Convinced
A Delaware shell company quietly filed trademarks on four of the biggest AI-generated brainrot characters. The original creator is in Indonesia. Here's what the USPTO record actually says.
Spyder Games v. Mementum Lab: The First Federal Test of AI Character Copyright Is Underway
A federal court in California is being asked to decide whether AI-generated brainrot characters can be copyrighted. The answer will shape the next decade of AI character ownership. Here's what's actually being argued.
Can I Copyright My AI Character? What the USCO Actually Says in 2026
The USCO has refused most AI character registrations. One creator broke through in January 2025. Here's the line between registrable and not, and the test most coverage misses.