News & Analysis as of

Technology Copyright Litigation

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

District Court Adopts Broad View of Copyright Preemption in Data Scraping Case

The recent California district court decision dismissing the complaint in X Corp. v. Bright Data Ltd. could have significant implications for companies that rely on their terms of use to prohibit unauthorized “data scraping”...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

George Carlin Was Funny – Copying His Likeness AIn’t – Estate Settles AI-based Copyright Claims

According to published reports, George Carlin’s estate settled right of publicity and copyright claims relating to an AI-scripted comedy special using a “sound-alike” of George Carlin which performed the generated script. The...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The New York Times Calls Out OpenAI on Its Motion to Dismiss

Responding to the OpenAI brief that read more like a press release than a traditional motion to dismiss, the New York Times attacked OpenAI's approach from the very first sentence, calling the factual background of OpenAI's...more

Perkins Coie

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

Perkins Coie on

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

McDermott Will & Emery

Yo-Ho-No Vicarious Liability for Online Piracy Without Financial Benefit

McDermott Will & Emery on

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed-in-part, vacated-in-part and affirmed in part a district court decision that found an internet service provider liable for $1 billion in damages for vicarious and...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – OpenAI launches Sora, Nvidia stock price increases, universal AI model for biology and more

There’s a lot happening in the world of AI. To help you stay on top of the latest news, we have compiled a roundup of the developments we are following. OpenAI recently announced generative AI video tool Sora, which converts...more

DarrowEverett LLP

New York Times vs. OpenAI: Fair Use Fight with Billions at Stake

DarrowEverett LLP on

On the third day of Christmas, Microsoft Corp. (“Microsoft”) and OpenAI, Inc. (together with its named affiliates, “OpenAI”) didn’t get any French hens: Instead, the software giant and leading artificial intelligence research...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Fair Use Question Goes to Trial in AI Copyright Lawsuit – Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence

On September 25, 2023, a United States Circuit Judge determined that fact questions surrounding issues of fair use and tortious interference required a jury to decide media conglomerate Thomson Reuters’s lawsuit against Ross...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

AI Insights: In AI Training Case Brought by Thomson Reuters, Court Denies Summary Judgment

In AI Training Case Brought by Thomson Reuters, Court Denies Summary Judgment - In Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, a district court largely denied the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment and held that a...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence: D. Del. SJ Decision Provides Insight as Copyright Litigation Tests the Legality of...

Generative AI has taken the world by storm since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022. But the buzz and excitement of GAI has come with difficult legal questions that threaten the new technology. Several lawsuits—some of...more

Jones Day

Draft Principles on Advanced Artificial Intelligence Signal Increased Efforts Toward Global Cooperation

Jones Day on

The United States Patent and Trademark Office, along with the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce, sought initial public comment last week on draft guidelines entitled "International Guiding Principles for Organizations...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Ruling on Motion To Dismiss Sheds Light on Intellectual Property Issues in Artificial Intelligence

Many of the key intellectual property issues presented by artificial intelligence (AI), ranging from the use of copyrighted material as training data in AI-models to whether AI-generated works can be protected under copyright...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Paradise Lost: Art Created by AI Is Ineligible for Copyright Protection

The US Copyright Office Review Board (“Board”) rejected a request to register a computer-generated image of a landscape for copyright protection, explaining that a work must be created by a human being to obtain a copyright....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Two Turntables, No Microphone: Using Technical Diagram Is Not Copyright Infringement

McDermott Will & Emery on

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court’s summary judgment grant with respect to a copyright infringement claim related to technical drawings, and reversed the court’s summary judgment grant...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The World in US Courts: Orrick's Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law to Global Business and Cross-Border Activities

Alien Tort Statute (ATS)/Political Question Doctrine/Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (FSIA)/ Act of State Doctrine - District Court Dismisses ATS Claim Where Alleged Conduct in US was not Directly Linked to Injuries...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Know Thy Software Vendor: Website Operator Cannot Sidestep Copyright Infringement Claims over Link to Allegedly Infringing...

Last month, a New York district court refused to dismiss most of the copyright infringement claims asserted against a website operator based on an allegation that the website linked to an infringing copy of plaintiff’s...more

16 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide