In two recent Northern District of California decisions, AI companies prevailed on a fair use defense after being accused of infringing copyrights in works used to train AI models. The decisions, on their face, seem to...more
7/8/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Books ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
e-Books ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Search Engines ,
Summary Judgment ,
Third-Party ,
Thomson Reuters ,
Transformative Use
Intellectual property (“IP”) policy does not weigh heavily on most voters’ minds, and so is not often addressed in presidential campaigns. This past campaign was no different – President-elect Donald Trump did not expressly...more
1/13/2025
/ Antitrust Division ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bayh-Dole Act ,
CFTC ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Machine Learning ,
NIST ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pending Legislation ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USPTO
In April 2024, we published a summary of the then current state of artificial intelligence (“AI”)-related copyright litigation. Since that publication, new theories for complaints and defenses have emerged in this space. As...more