The Copyright Office released a “Pre-publication” version of Part 3 of its Report on Copyright and AI. Coincidentally (?) Shira Perlmuter, the Register of Copyrights, was fired amid a shakeup at the Copyright Office. The...more
5/12/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Office ,
Fair Use ,
Machine Learning ,
New Guidance ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Technology ,
Transformative Use
We previously reported on the groundbreaking AI Fair Use ruling in the Thomson Reuters Ross Intelligence case, where the court found that based on the facts of this case fair use was not a defense. Ross Intelligence moved,...more
In one of the most closely-watched copyright cases this year, a Delaware court rejected defendant, ROSS Intelligence’s (“ROSS”), fair use and other defenses by vacating its previous stance and granting summary judgement in...more
2/12/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Competition ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Data Collection ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Software ,
Technology Sector
Defendant Lovo has moved to dismiss an amended complaint alleging that the voice actor Plaintiffs’ voices were unlawfully cloned by Defendant Lovo’s AI Voice Generator. Plaintiffs allege that Lovo’s CEO stated on a podcast...more
12/13/2024
/ Advertising ,
Amended Complaints ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
False Advertising ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Misappropriation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Name and Likeness
We have previously reported on the Jobiak case which raises the interesting issue of whether an AI-scraped job database is subject to copyright protection and is infringed. We were hoping that the court would make substantive...more
11/4/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Bots ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Dismissals ,
DMCA ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Leave to Amend ,
Machine Learning ,
Penal Code ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Technology ,
Unfair Competition ,
Web Scraping
We recently posted about the Jobiak case which raises the interesting question of whether scraping an AI-generated database of job listings constitutes copyright infringement (among other claims). Plaintiff has submitted its...more
A pending lawsuit raises an interesting copyright infringement question – does scraping an AI-generated database of job listings constitute copyright infringement?...more
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
5/8/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Deep Fake ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Technology
The AI landscape is rapidly changing. To keep you up to date on the fast breaking legal updates in the AI space, we will be providing weekly updates summarizing significant news and legal developments, ranging from AI...more
A UK court has ruled that Getty Image’s lawsuit against Stability AI for copyright infringement over generative AI technology can proceed. Stability had sought to have the case dismissed, alleging in part, that the AI models...more
The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of...more
10/4/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Applications ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Registration ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
New Guidance ,
Popular
Using generative AI raises numerous copyright issues. In response, the US Copyright Office (USCO) has undertaken a new Artificial Intelligence Initiative (“AI Initiative”). This guide is a high level overview and a collection...more
10/4/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Applications ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Registration ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
New Guidance ,
Popular
Valve has reportedly adopted a policy to reject games that use AI-generated content over infringement concerns. A developer posted on the “aigamedev” subreddit that in response to submitting a game with some assets that were...more
Generative AI (GAI) applications have raised numerous copyright issues. These issues include whether the training of GAI models constitute infringement or is permitted under fair use, who is liable if the output infringes...more
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a district court ruling that the asserted nonliteral elements of a software program were not copyright protectable, in part, because allegedly copied materials...more
The tokenization of physical and digital art has many advantages. Some of the advantages create potential complexities under US law. Each situation is fact specific, but the following is a summary of some of the areas for...more
A recent federal district court decision denied a motion to dismiss a complaint brought by Artifex Software Inc. (“Artifex”) for breach of contract and copyright infringement claims against Defendant Hancom, Inc. based on...more
5/16/2017
/ Breach of Contract ,
Commercial Use ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Gaming ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Open Source Software ,
Popular ,
Preemption ,
Source Code ,
Technology Sector
The U.S. Copyright Office’s new electronic system for copyright-agent registration and maintenance goes into effect on December 1, 2016, and with it comes new rules. Beginning December 1, all online service providers must...more
Linkedin has filed a lawsuit to prevent unauthorized use of “bots” that register fake profiles on the social network and steal data about actual users. According to the suit, these acts constitute a breach of Linkedin’s terms...more
8/13/2016
/ Bots ,
Breach of Contract ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Data Theft ,
DMCA ,
Fraud ,
LinkedIn ,
Social Networks ,
Terms of Use ,
Web Scraping ,
Websites