In two recent Northern District of California decisions, AI companies prevailed on a fair use defense after being accused of infringing copyrights in works used to train AI models. The decisions, on their face, seem to...more
7/8/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Books ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
e-Books ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Search Engines ,
Summary Judgment ,
Third-Party ,
Thomson Reuters ,
Transformative Use
On June 23, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a significant order in Bartz, et al. v. Anthropic PBC, clarifying the application of the fair use doctrine to the use of...more
6/27/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Books ,
Bots ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Machine Learning ,
Transformative Use
On this special collaborative episode of Ropes & Gray's Non-binding Guidance and Talkin’ Trade podcast series, life sciences regulatory and compliance partner Josh Oyster is joined by intellectual property litigation partner...more
On this episode of Ropes & Gray's ITC-focused podcast series, Talkin' Trade, IP litigators Matt Rizzolo, Matt Shapiro, and Patrick Lavery discuss a groundbreaking Federal Circuit decision in Lashify v. ITC. This pivotal...more
3/12/2025
/ Domestic Industry Requirement ,
Enforcement ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Section 337
On March 5, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion that will change the way the U.S. International Trade Commission addresses the threshold “domestic industry...more