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Judge Chhabria recently granted summary judgment for Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) in two key rulings finding that:
- Meta's use of copyrighted books to train LLMs is fair use due to its highly...more
The first substantive decision on the fair use defense in an artificial intelligence (AI) copyright case came down against the defendant, who used AI to create a competing product. However, as the decision expressly limited...more
3/27/2025
/ Appeals ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Fair Use ,
Legal Research ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Summary Judgment ,
Technology
Earlier this year, the U.S. Copyright Office released part two of its artificial intelligence (AI) report addressing the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI. This new report is largely consistent with the...more
3/19/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Registration ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology Sector ,
USPTO
2023 was a breakout year for generative artificial intelligence (AI), but it was a rough year for protecting the content generated using such technology. The U.S. Copyright Office issued several rulings last year on the...more
3/7/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Ownership ,
Copyright Registration ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Technology
The last few months have seen a flurry of activity in cases involving artificial intelligence (AI), including some of the first major rulings involving generative AI.
Andersen et al. v. Stability AI Ltd.
As we have...more
12/15/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Privacy Laws ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s decision that the licensing of an image Andy Warhol created of musician Prince (titled “Orange Prince”) based on a photograph by Lynn...more
7/7/2023
/ Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc v Goldsmith ,
Appeals ,
Artists ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Derivative Works ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Photographs ,
SCOTUS ,
Transformative Use