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JONES DAY TALKS®: Women in IP – AI and Copyright Law Need-to-Knows

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Artificial intelligence presents so many opportunities, but there are still so many questions in relation to copyright law. What constitutes fair use? How much human input satisfies the human authorship requirement? Can...more

J.S. Held

Evolving Landscape of Technology Rights Enforcement

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Established 25 years ago at the turn of the century by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), World IP Day celebrates the unique contributions made by global inventors and creators. Over the past half century,...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

D.C. Circuit Affirms Denial of Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Works

On March 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the “D.C. Circuit”) ruled in Thaler v. Perlmutter, affirming that works created solely by artificial intelligence (“AI”) cannot be...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Injunctive Relief Is Not Yet a Viable Remedy for Copyright Infringement Claims Involving GenAI

Since a February 11, 2025 decision by Judge Stephanos Bibas finding in favor of Plaintiff Thomson Reuters on copyright infringement during the model training process in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al. v. ROSS...more

MoFo Tech

D.C. Circuit Holds that Works Created Solely by AI are Not Copyrightable

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On March 18, 2025, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the D.C. District Court’s and U.S. Copyright Office’s decisions, holding that a copyrighted work cannot be authored exclusively by an AI system. Computer...more

Jones Day

Copyrightability of AI Outputs: U.S. Copyright Office Analyzes Human Authorship Requirement

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Artificial intelligence ("AI") raises unique challenges in the context of copyright law. To address and clarify various issues arising at the intersection of AI and copyright, the U.S. Copyright Office ("Office") is in the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Copyright Office Advises on Copyrightability of Generative AI Works

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On January 29, the U.S. Copyright Office published the second part of a planned three-part report on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), this time focused on the question of copyrightability for AI-generated creative...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

Can You Copyright AI-Generated Content? - On Record PR

In this episode of On Record PR, sponsored by Lawline, Jennifer Simpson Carr goes on record with Sean Douglass, associate attorney at Panitch Schwarze, to discuss the impact of AI-generated content on intellectual property...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Trade Secret Litigation: How Will AI Innovations Likely Be Litigated?

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While trade secret law may not get as much attention as copyright battles, it’s going to be a major player in the future of AI. With decades of legal development, it’s an essential area where companies will need to protect...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

How AI Cos. Can Cope With Shifting Copyright Landscape

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In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence development, utilizing copyrighted material for training algorithms has not only become the comedy fodder for “Saturday Night Live” cast members, but also a focal...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: U.S. Copyright Office Issues “Digital Replica” Report Finding Urgent Need for New Federal Legislation

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Last year, the U.S. Copyright Office commenced a far-reaching policy study concerning copyright and related issues raised by the widespread availability and use of artificial intelligence (AI). This week, the Office released...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Authors Fight Court Order to Produce Pre-Suit Testing Data from ChatGPT in OpenAI Copyright Lawsuit

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Sarah Silverman and her fellow author plaintiffs are fighting a judge’s recent order requiring them to disclose the prompts and outputs they used in preparation for filing their class action lawsuit against ChatGPT owner...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Navigating the Legal Landscape: Generative AI and Copyright Law

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Generative artificial intelligence captivated the world in 2023 and is firmly positioned to remain center stage in the coming year. In the United States, the introduction and early-stage use of generative AI have been plagued...more

K&L Gates LLP

Litigation Minute: The Generative AI Litigation Landscape (Generative AI Series: Part One of Three)

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What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - Beginning in 2023, courts across the United States have grappled with a wave of lawsuits challenging the legality and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems and...more

Perkins Coie

Human Authorship Requirement Continues To Pose Difficulties for AI-Generated Works

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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

Burr & Forman

The Collision of AI and Copyrights

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As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be increasingly utilized in a wide variety of both business and consumer applications, a plethora of legal questions are being raised. Many of these questions revolve around how...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

An Analogy for the Current Wave of AI Copyright Lawsuits

We are at the beginning of what promises to be a wave (potentially a tsunami) of complaints filed against the companies behind generative AI models (e.g., OpenAI).  Recent lawsuits from Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad (Tremblay...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Some Stability For AI Defendants: Judge Dismisses All But One Claim in Andersen et. al., v. Stability AI LTD., et. al.

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In a relatively scathing opinion finding the plaintiffs’ Complaint “defective in numerous respects,” a district court judge has thrown out most of the claims a group of artists has asserted against AI platforms that allegedly...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Using AI to Replicate or Replace Human Creativity May Violate Intellectual Property Law

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes better and more prevalent, people will increasingly use its computing power to supplement or replace human creativity. Film director Gareth Edwards attempted to do just that  in his new...more

Copo Strategies + Law Firm Editorial Service

The Future of Copywriting in the Era of AI - Legally Contented podcast

[Want to listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Amazon? Use these links to do so: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legally-contented/id1612322032 https://open.spotify.com/show/3WfCyY0cbL1Mc4SfBWbr30 ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Generative AI and Recent Copyright Developments

The recent expansion of the scope and capabilities of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools and platforms has introduced a number of legal challenges. These challenges can represent a double-edged sword, both for...more

Smart & Biggar

À qui appartiennent les créations générées par l’intelligence artificielle et pourquoi vous devriez vous en préoccuper

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Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie s'est récemment exprimé sur le thème de l'intelligence artificielle (IA) et de la protection de la PI pour les œuvres créées à l'aide de l'IA, en tant qu'invité de « Voix de la PI canadienne », un...more

Smart & Biggar

Who owns AI-generated creations – and why you should care

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Recently Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie spoke on the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and IP protection for AI-generated works as a guest on Canadian IP Voices, an official podcast produced by the Canadian Intellectual...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

AI and IP: What’s the Deal?

This is the second entry in a series of posts by our team about AI generative tools such as ChatGPT and related legal issues (our first was ChatGPT: The Future May Be Bright, But on What Terms?).  Many people are aware of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Me, Myself, and (A)I: Copyright Office to Focus on AI Authorship

According to a recent interview in December 2022, the U.S. Copyright Office (the "Office") signaled that it would focus in 2023 on "legal grey areas" surrounding copyrightability of works generated in conjunction with...more

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