District court holds that Meta’s downloading of books from online “shadow libraries” and use of such books to train its Llama large language models constitutes fair use, but endorses “market dilution” theory of harm as...more
District court holds that Anthropic’s use of books to train its Claude large language models and its use of purchased copies of books to create digital permanent library constitute fair use, but its use of pirated books to...more
District court grants Disney’s motion for summary judgment, holding it did not infringe plaintiffs’ copyright in blue-eyed ukulele-playing turtle character, but rather independently created its own musical turtle character,...more
6/9/2025
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Disney ,
Fictional Characters ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Laches ,
Lanham Act ,
Movies ,
Summary Judgment ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks ,
Unfair Competition
Ninth Circuit holds that custom Ford Mustang called “Eleanor,” which appeared in four films from 1974 to 2000, is not entitled to character copyright protection under Towle test and that licensor of custom car design did not...more
6/9/2025
/ Appeals ,
Breach of Contract ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Fictional Characters ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Movies ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Trade Dress ,
trade-dre ,
Trademarks
District court dismisses claim for copyright infringement against writers, producers and distributors of television show Yellowjackets, holding no substantial similarity between protectable elements of Yellowjackets and...more