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AI Created It—But Do You Own It? IP Issues Explained

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As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies increasingly generate content, designs, code, inventions, and even music, businesses face a pressing legal question: who owns the output when a machine creates it? The legal...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Federal Court Finds That Training AI on Copyrighted Books is “Quintessentially” Transformative Fair Use

A federal district court in the Northern District of California has ruled that the use of lawfully acquired copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) is a fair use under U.S....more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Use of Copyrighted Works for AI Training Purposes is Exceedingly, Spectacularly, and Quintessentially Transformative

On June 23, 2025, the Northern District of California federal district court issued the first substantive district court decision regarding the intersection of copyright law and generative artificial intelligence. The case...more

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Disney and Universal Sue Midjourney: Navigating AI Copyright Challenges and Fair Use Implications

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The Walt Disney Company and Universal City Studios Productions are among the latest plaintiffs to bring a lawsuit against an artificial intelligence (AI) developer....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Copyright Office Weighs In on AI Training and Fair Use

On May 9, 2025, the United States Copyright Office (the USCO) released a 108-page report on whether the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials to train generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems is defensible as a...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: US Copyright Office Releases “Pre-Publication Version” of Report on Copyright Issues in Generative AI Training

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On May 9, 2025, the US Copyright Office released a “pre-publication version” of Part 3 of its report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (the Report). This much-anticipated Report focuses on use of copyrighted works in...more

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Copyright Office Report on Training AI and Fair Use

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

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Celebrating World IP Day 2025: Music, Innovation, and Intellectual Property

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Another year, another celebration of intellectual property (IP) on World IP Day. This time, the World Intellectual Property Organization is focusing on IP and music: World Intellectual Property Day 2025 highlights how...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Copyright Office Releases Second AI Report

The U.S. Copyright Office has now released the second of four reports in its Copyright and Artificial Intelligence series, addressing the copyrightability of works created using generative artificial intelligence. The...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – U.S. Copyright Office declares generative AI outputs uncopyrightable, U.K. move to open up works for AI training...

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

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Human Authorship Requirement Continues To Pose Difficulties for AI-Generated Works

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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

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The Latest Chapter in Copyrightability of AI-Generated Works

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From artificial intelligence (AI) tools that can generate highly sophisticated art, music, and conversation to technology capable of recreating Elvis on the big screen, a recent explosion and maturing of generative AI...more

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