Two California district court judges recently issued competing rulings pertaining to fair use as a defense against the alleged improper use of copyrighted works to train large language models (LLMs). The two orders, issued...more
7/30/2025
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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the film and television industry in content creation raises many legal and business issues. One key issue is the ownership of the works generated using AI and the ability to register...more
A California federal judge recently issued one of the first substantive generative AI decisions to date. In Anderson, et al., v. Stability AI Ltd. et al., 23-cv-00201-WHO (N.D. Cal. Oct. 30, 2023) (“Stability AI”),...more
The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to petitioner, Warner Chappell, to clarify whether the Copyright Act precludes retrospective relief for infringing acts occurring more than three years before a plaintiff...more
On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court held that the “purpose and character” of the Andy Warhol Foundation’s (AWF) use of Lynn Goldsmith’s portrait of Prince did not favor a determination of fair use....more
Good news for copyright holders – there is now a less costly alternative to enforcing certain copyrights in the form of a copyright-only small claims court....more
On April 5, 2021, the United States Supreme Court held that Google did not infringe on Oracle’s copyrights by copying 11,500 lines of Oracle’s Java SE API code....more
4/13/2021
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On April 27, 2020, the United States Supreme Court held that annotations in the State of Georgia’s official codes are not eligible for copyright protection. The 5-4 decision marked the first time in over a century that the...more
5/7/2020
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The Copyright Act
For service providers that registered a DMCA agent through the Copyright Office’s online-only system established in December 2016, the time has come to re-register....more
Someone has infringed your copyright. Can you immediately file a copyright infringement lawsuit Well, that depends. Specifically, it depends on whether you have registered your copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office....more
The deadline is fast approaching. A reminder to all service providers that the Copyright Office is transitioning to a permanent, online only DMCA registration procedure. If you have a designated Copyright Agent on file at the...more
In a highly anticipated decision, the Supreme Court of the United States held on March 22, 2017 that the “pictorial, graphic or sculptural features” of the “design of a useful article” can be protected by copyright under...more
Effective on December 1, 2016, the U.S. Copyright Office has formally replaced the existing paper-based “interim” DMCA agent registration procedure with a permanent, online-only system.
Under the Digital Millennium...more