Getty Images ("Getty") alleged copyright infringement by Stability AI ("Stability"), including claims of direct copying during artificial intelligence ("AI") training and output generation, as well as secondary copyright...more
7/9/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Getty Images ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Software ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Technology ,
Trademarks ,
UK
Federal courts continue to address whether training artificial intelligence ("AI") models on copyrighted materials without a license constitutes copyright infringement....more
7/1/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Books ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Fair Use ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Training ,
Transformative Use
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
5/27/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Fair Use ,
Government Agencies ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
New Guidance
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
4/23/2025
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Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Deep Fake ,
Fair Use ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Technology ,
Women in the Law
There are numerous actions currently pending in federal courts that involve artificial intelligence ("AI") and copyright law. Among other things, courts must determine if infringement occurs when an AI is trained on...more
2/26/2025
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Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Research ,
Legal Training ,
Machine Learning ,
Thomson Reuters ,
Westlaw
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
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
10/31/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Comment Period ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Cybersecurity ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Technology ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USPTO
In Short -
The Background: Generative artificial intelligence ("GenAI") tools allow individuals to readily generate content, including works that traditionally would be copyrightable if authored by a human being, such as...more
8/31/2023
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Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventors ,
Machine Learning ,
The Copyright Act ,
Work Made For Hire Doctrine
In Short -
The Background: The Supreme Court reviewed a Second Circuit decision holding that the Andy Warhol Foundation had impermissibly licensed a portrait of musician Prince that was created by Andy Warhol but based on...more