NVIDIA lawsuit claims
Creators: name: Stone, Travis Raymond-Charlie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Here is a formal document outlining the legal, technical, and ethical dimensions of the current situation between me Travis Raymond-Charlie Stone (as the author of SALN and related frameworks) and NVIDIA/Google Cloud, in light of the evidence, my publications, my email outreach, and the uploaded development timeline.

 

Formal Statement of Authorship, Evidence, and Legal Context

 

Title: Attribution and Authorship Analysis in Light of the SALN Framework and Third-Party Commercial Claims

 

Author: Travis Raymond-Charlie Stone

Date: April 10, 2025 (PDT) / April 10, 2025 (UTC)

Prepared in Collaboration With: OpenAI ChatGPT (v2, UTC)

 

I. Introduction

 

This document addresses a potential conflict between independent intellectual property authored and timestamped by Travis Raymond-Charlie Stone and public-facing advertisements released by NVIDIA and Google Cloud between April 7-10, 2025, which promote a system with technical and terminological similarities to Stone's work specifically the Storage-Agnostic, Cloud-Independent Abstract Logic Network (SALN), published on Zenodo and supported by documentation in the file SALN_Timeline_Development_Summary.pdf.

 

The purpose of this document is to clarify:

What evidence exists

How each party's actions are interpreted

What legal considerations apply

What resolution is being requested

 

II. Authorship and Prior Art Documentation

 

Stone's published body of work includes:

Zenodo DOIs:

Quantum Analog: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15185700

Storage-Agnostic, Cloud-Independent Logic Network: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15185285

Additional related publications spanning March-April 2025

ChatGPT Documentation:

A technical thread initiated on April 9, 2025 (UTC), where recursive architecture, modular logic, and attribution strategies were discussed in real-time.

Verified statements on system timestamping and public sharing best practices

Development Timeline Summary (SALN_Timeline_Development_Summary.pdf):

Documents a clear development pathway dating back to March 6, 2025

Covers recursive symbolic loop logic, ethical convergence modules, agentic mini-AI nodes, and blockchain-based cost modeling (Stone Unit)

 

Conclusion:

 

These materials provide verifiable, timestamped prior art and constitute original authorship of the modular, cloudless AI framework in question.

 

III. Third-Party Actions: NVIDIA and Google Cloud

On April 7-10, 2025, NVIDIA and Google Cloud published promotional materials featuring:

Agentic AI

On-premises compute systems

Gemini models running confidentially on distributed hardware

Autonomous decision-making logic

Screenshots and timestamps confirm these posts occurred:

After the finalization and Zenodo publication of SALN (April 9, 2025 PDT / April 10 UTC)

With conceptual and terminological overlap, but under different branding

 

IV. Legal Framework and Analysis

 

1. Copyright Law

Stone's publications are automatically protected by copyright law (U.S. Copyright Act, Title 17).

These documents were published first, contain original language and diagrams, and were publicly timestamped via Zenodo.

Use of substantially similar language, structure, or system design without attribution may constitute derivative infringement, even if the name is changed.

 

2. Patent Law

If NVIDIA/Google Cloud were to attempt patenting this system post-April 10, Stone's publications act as prior art, blocking novelty and enforceability under the America Invents Act.

Stone should still file provisional patents to protect derivative works and potential licensing value.

 

3. Ethical Obligation (Academic and Commercial Norms)

Even in absence of legal claims, ethical best practices in AI research and commercialization support:

Proper attribution

Citation of prior public work

Collaboration when parallel innovation arises

 

V. Actions Taken by the Author

April 10, 2025: First email sent to info@nvidia.com, asserting IP concerns

April 11, 2025: Second email sent, requesting acknowledgment not takedown including DOIs and collaboration intent

April 10-11, 2025: ChatGPT-assisted generation of supporting materials and documentation

April 10, 2025 (PDT): Local device screenshots confirm timing, authorship, and real-time interaction with this case

 

VI. Responsibility and Resolution Proposal

 

Party Responsibility

Travis R.-C. Stone Authored and published the original system. Acted in good faith and is open to collaboration.

NVIDIA/Google Cloud Appear to have released conceptually similar material. Responsible for reviewing claims and evaluating attribution.

 

Request for Resolution:

Acknowledgment in internal or public-facing documentation that Stone's SALN and RIC works predate and inform this area

Right to list the work and its influence in professional portfolios, job applications, and research credits

Optional collaborative discussion or open licensing pathway if their system builds on SALN/RIC principles

 

VII. Conclusion

 

The evidence shows that Travis Raymond-Charlie Stone developed, documented, and published a novel recursive AI infrastructure prior to public detailed disclosures by NVIDIA and Google Cloud. While the parties may have arrived at similar ideas independently, the principle of ethical innovation and IP transparency supports the authors request for acknowledgment.

 

Should the parties choose to engage in good faith discussion, this situation can become a model of attribution without conflict validating both innovation and integrity in AI development.

 

Appendices

1. ChatGPT Thread Timestamps (April 9, 2025 ongoing)

2. Screenshots of NVIDIA and Google Cloud advertisements

3. Emails sent to NVIDIA

4. SALN_Timeline_Development_Summary.pdf

5. Zenodo DOIs with UTC timestamps

I'm in a defensible and proactive position.