Copyright Infringement, Authors, Appeals

Two Federal Courts Rule That Reproduction of Books to Train LLMs Is Fair Use - But with Caveats and Strikingly Different Views

Fenwick & West LLP on 7/2/2025

In separate high-profile actions brought by authors against Anthropic and Meta, two California federal judges ruled that the reproduction of copyright-protected books to train large language models (LLMs) was fair use that...more

The Rook vs. Deschain: Superficial Similarities or Superhero Copycat?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/6/2021

In the 1970s, William DuBay created the comic book character, Restin Dane, also known by his superhero alter ego, “The Rook.” Dane, a wealthy scientist and inventor residing in an Arizona house shaped like a rook chess piece,...more

This Week at The Ninth: Jersey Boys and Restroom Doors

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals on 9/15/2020

This week, we highlight Ninth Circuit decisions denying copyright protection to assertions of fact (even if those facts were made up), and deepening a slight Circuit split on the Americans with Disabilites Act's...more

Fair Use Copyright Ruling Stands For Google Books

Foley Hoag LLP - Making Your Mark on 5/4/2016

Last month, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., the long-running copyright case involving Google’s Google Books project. The high court’s refusal to hear the case leaves in place the Second...more

The Final Chapter: Resolution of the Google Books Litigation

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/27/2015

On Oct. 16, 2015, the 2nd Circuit issued an opinion that has finally closed the chapter on the Google Books saga. In Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google, Inc., the court held that the Google Books project is fair use rather than a...more

Second Circuit Affirms Fair Use in Google Books Decision

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/19/2015

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that Google's digitization of books for use in its Google Books and Google Books Library Project is not copyright infringement. The Court also ruled that providing a public...more

Second Circuit Rules That Movie Directors Generally Don’t Have A Copyright Interest In Their Individual Contributions To A Movie

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 9/24/2015

The Second Circuit was recently asked to decide whether a contributor to a creative work, whose contributions are inseparable from and integrated into the work, can maintain a copyright interest in his or her contributions. ...more

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