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Fair Use and the Future of Generative AI: Lessons from the Meta and Anthropic Copyright Cases

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With the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, generative AI entered the cultural zeitgeist. Not surprisingly, within a few months, the first generative AI lawsuits were filed in the U.S. (e.g., Andersen v. Stability AI, Getty v....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Novel Ruling Offers Framework for ‘Fair Use’ of Copyrighted Material for Training AI Systems

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The recent federal court finding—that using copyrighted books to train an AI large language model (LLM) qualifies as fair use—provides some guidance for companies developing or deploying generative AI systems and for...more

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Midjourney Faces Disney Lawsuit Just as Court Backs Fair Use in AI Training

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On June 11, 2025, Disney and several affiliated production companies filed a federal lawsuit against Midjourney, Inc., a leading artificial intelligence (AI) image-generation platform. The suit alleges “calculated and...more

Jones Day

Two U.S. Courts Address Fair Use in Generative AI Training Cases

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Federal courts continue to address whether training artificial intelligence ("AI") models on copyrighted materials without a license constitutes copyright infringement....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Copyright Office Firings Spark Constitutional Concerns Amid AI Policy Tensions

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A day after announcing that “fair use” would not shield AI training models against potential copyright infringement, President Donald Trump fired Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights, and her superior, Librarian of...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

Twin California Rulings Mark a Turning Point for AI‐Copyright Fair Use

In the space of forty-eight hours, two judges of the Northern District of California issued detailed, partially contrasting opinions on whether large language model (“LLM”) training that copies entire books without...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

Getty Images vs. Stability AI: The Landmark Copyright Battle Shaping The Future of Generative AI

Getty Images, a well-known visual media company and supplier of stock images, is facing off against a London-based artificial intelligence company, Stability AI, in what is considered to be the first major copyright trial of...more

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Disney and Universal Sue Midjourney: Navigating AI Copyright Challenges and Fair Use Implications

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The Walt Disney Company and Universal City Studios Productions are among the latest plaintiffs to bring a lawsuit against an artificial intelligence (AI) developer....more

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Hogan Lovells UK AI Summit 2025: Investment, innovation, and the future of AI regulation

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Anchored by two compelling keynote addresses from The Times’ Technology Business Editor Katie Prescott and Emran Mian CB OBE, Director General for Digital, Technology and Telecoms at DSIT, the summit took stock of the...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Court Orders OpenAI to Retain All Output Log Data: Considerations for ChatGPT Users

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In the ongoing copyright infringement case brought by The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft (The New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corporation et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-11195 (S.D.N.Y.)), Judge Ona T. Wang recently...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Protecting Innovation in Oil and Gas: AI, Automation and the High-Tech Frontier

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In May 2025, Canada’s natural resources minister expressed the government’s intention for reduced approval timelines for major energy projects from five years to two....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

These Are the Lawsuits You’re Looking For: Fortnite’s AI Voice Dispute

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A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away, voice acting was the exclusive domain of talented humans. But today, in the age of generative AI, even the iconic voice of a legendary villain can be conjured without a single...more

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U.S. Copyright Office Issues Guidance on Generative AI Training

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To address the legal issues presented by artificial intelligence ("AI"), the U.S. Copyright Office ("Office") launched a multi-part Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Report ("Report") (see our Commentaries on Part One and...more

Mayer Brown

Generative AI and Copyright Law, Part Two: Fair Use and Infringement Risks

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As generative AI transforms the way businesses operate, understanding copyright risks has never been more critical. In this episode, host Julian Dibbell sits down with Rich Assmus and Brian Nolan, partners in our Intellectual...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

PTAB Rejects AI-Driven Medical Patent – Not for Novelty, But Eligibility

In a recent decision with important implications for artificial intelligence (AI) driven innovation, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied a patent for an AI-based medical tool. The refusal was not because the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

U.S. IP Update – May 2025

Sterne Kessler’s U.S. IP Update is a newsletter delivering the latest developments in U.S. intellectual property law, tailored for companies and legal counsel in Korea. Stay informed on key court decisions, policy changes,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

AI Drives Need for New Open Source Licenses – Linux Publishes the OpenMDW License

For many reasons, existing open source licenses are not a good fit for AI. Simply put, AI involves more than just software and most open source licenses are designed primarily for software. Much work has been done by many...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

How Culture, Law and Technology are Redefining Book Publishing

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There are a lot of exciting emerging trends in the book publishing industry that are responsible for its consistent growth....more

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HK Releases Guideline Concerning Generative AI

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On 15 April 2025, the Hong Kong Government’s Digital Policy Office published the Hong Kong Generative Artificial Intelligence Technical and Application Guideline (“Guideline”), which aims to provide operational guidance for...more

DLA Piper

For Your AIs Only: Agentic AI Steps Out of the Shadows

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Agentic AI can independently act and adapt to changing environments without relying on existing data patterns like GenAI. Agentic AI promises more goal-oriented autonomous systems, ideal for matters involving complex...more

Adams & Reese

How to Protect Your Patent and Safeguard Your IP

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(A&R Vets to Ventures features a co-authored article with our friends from Data² - a veteran-owned small business that leverages advanced analytics, data science, machine learning, and AI to enable organizations to harness...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Patent-Eligibility Considerations & Prosecution Strategies for AI-Based Life Sciences Patent Applications

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This post is part of MoFo’s 2025 Intersection of AI and Life Sciences blog series. In this blog series, we explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing research, innovation, and patient care in the life sciences....more

McCarter & English, LLP

Court Short-Circuits Artificial Intelligence Patents: Federal Circuit Tightens Standards for Patent Eligibility

What does it take to patent an invention on artificial intelligence or machine learning? According to a recent federal appeals court decision, it takes more than just applying a known technique to new data. Rather, the patent...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Generative AI and Trade Secrets: A New Frontier for IP Litigation

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As legal and business professionals focused on protecting intellectual property—especially those of us in business litigation—it's crucial to stay attuned to the expanding influence of generative AI (“GenAI”). While patents...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

New Federal Circuit Decision - Expect Getting AI/Machine Learning Patents Past 101 to Get Tougher

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The Federal Circuit recently issued a decision in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., invalidating the patent claims at issue as directed to ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. In what it noted was a case of...more

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