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Judge Certifies Authors’ Copyright Class Action Against Anthropic

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On July 17, 2025, US District Court Judge William Alsup approved a class certification against Anthropic for copyright infringement. According to Judge Alsup, it will be straightforward for the entire class to prove harm...more

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From Input to Impact: The Market Harm Standard Emerging in AI Fair Use

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Another federal court recently ruled that using copyrighted books to train artificial intelligence (AI) systems can qualify as fair use under the U.S. Copyright Act. This time, the court said that, because the issue of market...more

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Key AI Developments to Watch This Year

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As we move further into 2025, the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace; indeed, nearly every week seems to bring news of another major AI breakthrough. In this post, we highlight the...more

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Second Circuit Holds That the Internet Archive's Controlled Digital Book Lending Is Not a Fair Use Under Copyright Law, a Major...

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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a resounding victory to the publishing industry on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, in Hachette Books v. Internet Archive, holding that the Internet Archive's "controlled digital...more

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The New York Times Case against OpenAI is Different. Here's Why.

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On December 27, 2023, The New York Times Company ("The Times") sued several OpenAI entities and their stakeholder Microsoft ("OpenAI") in the Southern District of New York for copyright infringement, vicarious copyright...more

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Generative AI and Copyright ‎Infringement: Federal Judge in Stability AI Distinguishes ‎‎Between AI Model Creators and Users – For...

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A California federal judge recently issued one of the first substantive generative AI decisions to date. In Anderson, et al., v. Stability AI Ltd. et al., 23-cv-00201-WHO (N.D. Cal. Oct. 30, 2023) (“Stability AI”),...more

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US Supreme Court Refocuses the Test for Transformative Use

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It has been nearly thirty years since the US Supreme Court has considered whether a creative work qualifies as a transformative use under the Copyright Act. The last time was in 1994, when the Court in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose...more

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Trademark and Copyright Cases to Watch in 2023

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It’s always good to start off the year with an overview of trademark and copyright cases to watch. This year, we have a couple of cases that we’ve previously discussed on our podcast The Briefing, when they were on appeal...more

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2022 IP Outlook Report: The Developments Shaping Copyright Law

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KEY TAKEAWAYS AND OUTLOOK FOR 2022 - Like so many things in 2021, a few long-awaited copyright developments have spilled into 2022, with anticipated amendments to key provisions in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act...more

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The Dancing Baby Grooves to Mixed Victory in the Ninth Circuit: Court Holds That DMCA Takedown Notices Require Consideration of...

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Behind the scenes of the Internet’s current swirl of memes, mash-ups, and other viral content is a massive system of takedown notices and counter-notices passing back and forth between content owners, web hosts, and users,...more

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