The first substantive decision on the fair use defense in an artificial intelligence (AI) copyright case came down against the defendant, who used AI to create a competing product. However, as the decision expressly limited...more
3/27/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Fair Use ,
Legal Research ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Summary Judgment ,
Technology
Earlier this year, the U.S. Copyright Office released part two of its artificial intelligence (AI) report addressing the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI. This new report is largely consistent with the...more
3/19/2025
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Copyright ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Registration ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology Sector ,
USPTO
Fresh off the heels of strikes by both the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) that effectively halted the making of movies and TV shows...more
2023 was a breakout year for generative artificial intelligence (AI), but it was a rough year for protecting the content generated using such technology. The U.S. Copyright Office issued several rulings last year on the...more
3/7/2024
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Authorship ,
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Ownership ,
Copyright Registration ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Technology
This year’s news has been full of stories about “generative” artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Generative AI tools create code, text, images, and other content in response to text prompts, queries, and other inputs....more
6/15/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
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Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Ethics ,
Infringement ,
Machine Learning ,
New Regulations ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party
This is the second of a three-part series on the hot legal topics surrounding generative artificial intelligence (AI) (see Part 1: The Latest Chapter in Copyrightability of AI-Generated Works).
As the quality of...more
4/21/2023
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Artists ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
DMCA ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Investors ,
IP License ,
IP Litigation ,
Machine Learning ,
Technology Sector ,
The Copyright Act
There have been two important developments in recent weeks regarding the U.S. Copyright Office’s position on registering works created by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. First, on February 21, 2023, the...more
3/22/2023
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Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Applications ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Registration ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
New Guidance ,
Patent Applicants ,
Photographs ,
Policy Statement