District court denies motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claim of direct copyright infringement based on AI outputs, holding that plaintiffs adequately pled that defendant OpenAI actually copied plaintiffs’ text and that...more
The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware delivered a watershed ruling in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence on February 11, 2025, providing clarity on an often-asked question: is the utilization of copyrighted...more
The recent decision in Petersen v. Diesel Power Gear highlights the risks to executives and owners of any business that engages in advertising. The plaintiff in Petersen is an artist who creates large and dramatic murals...more
Counterfeiters often act through intermediaries, including online marketplaces, social media companies, and internet service providers (“ISPs”), that may not be aware that their services are being used for infringing...more
The case of Rearden LLC et al. v. The Walt Disney Company et al., Nos. 3:17-cv-04006, 04191 & 04192 (N.D. Cal.), has been covered more in the Hollywood Reporter than in legal publications, but it is both a “Hollywood story”...more