News & Analysis as of

Software Copyright Today's Popular Updates

Baker Donelson

Think While You Are Using AI Coding

Baker Donelson on

Vibe coding is revolutionizing software development. The integration of generative AI tools into software development, such as ChatGPT's Agen, GitHub Copilot, Coursiv, and similar platforms, is revolutionizing how code is...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Court Sets New Limits on Use of Copyrighted Materials to Train AI Models

The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked a pressing legal debate over how copyrighted materials can be used to train generative AI systems, particularly large language models (LLMs), without permission...more

Jones Day

CJEU Clarifies Copyright Protection for Software Variables

Jones Day on

The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruled that modifying temporary variables in the working memory of a computer without enabling the reproduction or further execution of such a program does not constitute...more

Goodwin

What’s Next for AI? Six Areas to Watch in 2024

Goodwin on

Generative AI (GenAI) surged to the forefront of corporate agendas and public policy debates last year, promising to boost productivity and innovation. What’s in store for AI in 2024?...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Artificial Intelligence in the Modern Workplace: Safeguarding Source Code Generated with AI Assistance

Generally, an employer owns all rights in software code created by its employee in the scope of their employment. As outlined in the last edition of this series, this general rule typically applies to independent contractors...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Creativity and Technology: The FTC’s Warning Shot When Creating and Marketing Digital Products Using Artificial Intelligence

Fenwick & West LLP on

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to issue guidance on the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the potential regulatory scrutiny facing companies and creators using these new tools in the market....more

Venable LLP

Generative AI - Copyright Overview Part 1

Venable LLP on

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology promising to disrupt how artwork is created, software is developed, and text is written. This disruption brings with it a host of new legal questions surrounding...more

ArentFox Schiff

Media & Entertainment: 10 Legal Challenges for Companies in 2023

ArentFox Schiff on

With the start of the new year, the ArentFox Schiff Media & Entertainment Industry team reviews 10 of the most pressing legal issues for companies in 2023. 1. Sweeping Impact of Generative AI - The gale wind roaring into...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Google v. Oracle: What We Learned from Oral Argument

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

On October 7, 2020, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Google v. Oracle, a decade-long battle challenging Oracle’s claim to own copyrights in certain aspects of its Java software platform that Google implemented in Android...more

Sunstein LLP

The Supreme Court Ponders These Questions in Google v. Oracle: Is the Sky Falling? Is JAVA like the QWERTY Keyboard?

Sunstein LLP on

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on October 7 in Google v. Oracle, which involves a Federal Circuit decision that we have discussed here. The primary question is whether the code of application programming interfaces...more

BakerHostetler

Does Copyright Literally Protect Source Code Figuratively?

BakerHostetler on

Learn how copyright can protect your software “Beyond Source Code” to cover both screen displays and UX, how the scope of software copyright law might impacted by the pending Supreme Court opinion in Oracle v. Google, and the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Open-Source Software: Benefits And Legal Risks

Husch Blackwell LLP on

What is open-source software? To ask the question is almost to answer it. Open source software (OSS) simply describes software code that is distributed on an “open-source” basis – which means, in a way that allows others to...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Artificial Intelligence Can’t Patent Inventions: So What?

The USPTO’s recent landmark decision (16/524,350) concluding artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be a named patent inventor perhaps sparked fears of super-robots inventing critical technologies that, alas, receive no patent...more

Vedder Price

Google v. Oracle and the Future of Software Development

Vedder Price on

The decade-old battle between two technology powerhouses—Google and Oracle—potentially reshaping the future of software will now continue into the Supreme Court’s next term. Referred to in the media as the copyright lawsuit...more

BakerHostetler

Breaking Down the Briefing in Google v. Oracle: Petitioner’s Brief

BakerHostetler on

A decade-long dispute between Google and Oracle regarding Google’s alleged infringement of Oracle’s copyright in its application programming interface (API) will culminate in a Supreme Court decision that will have lasting...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Google v. Oracle: Will Software Be Free?

Referred to as “the copyright case of the century,” the Supreme Court could determine the fate of software protection in Google v. Oracle, namely that of Java.  At its core, the case asks whether software programmers may copy...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Google v. Oracle: SCOTUS Grants Cert In The “Copyright Lawsuit of the Decade” - Now What?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

On November 15, 2019, the Supreme Court granted cert in Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc. For many observers, this was a long time coming; the parties have been litigating the underlying case since August 2010, and from its...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Supreme Court to Weigh In on Google-Oracle Copyright Dispute

McDermott Will & Emery on

The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the decade-long battle between Google and Oracle over use of copyrighted pieces of Java software in the Android smartphone operating system. Google LLC v. Oracle...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Crypto Copycats Beware: Fair Use Of Financial Technology In Wake Of Oracle v. Google

Troutman Pepper Locke on

FinTech companies beware: your use of code that was originally developed via open-source methods may not be shielded from future copyright infringement claims by the fair use doctrine. Recently, in Oracle America, Inc. v....more

Alston & Bird

Oracle v. Google Proves Again Why Fair Use Is So Troublesome

Alston & Bird on

In the latest twist in the ongoing Oracle v. Google copyright case, the Federal Circuit’s decision should give companies pause before using fair use as a defense. Our Intellectual Property Group examines why Google’s use of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Scraping Is OK, Copying Proprietary Software Is Not

McDermott Will & Emery on

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that the defendant did not violate California and Nevada computer crime laws when it scraped the plaintiff’s website for software updates (which were permissible to access)...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Copyright Date Alone Does Not Prove Public Accessibility of Software User Guide

Addressing the standard for establishing whether a prior art reference qualifies as a “printed publication,” the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied institution of inter partes review (IPR), finding that the...more

Weintraub Tobin

Unauthorized Downloading and Copyright Infringement

Weintraub Tobin on

Liability for copyright infringement can result when one downloads protected software without the copyright owner’s authorization. The Ninth Circuit was recently tasked with exploring the scope and reach of copyright...more

Weintraub Tobin

“It’s In The Game” – Proof Issues In Software Copyright Infringement Cases

Weintraub Tobin on

A recent Ninth Circuit decision in Antonick v. Electronic Arts, Inc. (filed Nov. 22, 2016), shows some of the proof issues that a plaintiff may encounter in prosecuting claims for copyright infringement in connection with...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Federal Copyright Law Does Not Preempt Trade Secret Claim

McDermott Will & Emery on

Addressing issues of preemption, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision that federal copyright law did not preempt the plaintiff’s trade secret claim because trade secret claims...more

29 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide