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Judge Bibas sets Dec 5-6 for hearing on summary judgment, but asks for potential trial dates in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence
Read more: Judge Bibas sets Dec 5-6 for hearing on summary judgment, but asks for potential trial dates in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS IntelligenceJudge Bibas just scheduled the 2-day hearing on the parties’ renewed motions for summary judgment for Dec. 5 and 6. But he also asked the parties for potential trial dates should the resolution of the motions for summary judgment still leave a need for trial. If you recall, on the day before trial was set…
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New AI lawsuit: Christopher Farnsworth v. Meta Platforms. Lawsuits hit 32.
Read more: New AI lawsuit: Christopher Farnsworth v. Meta Platforms. Lawsuits hit 32.Another proposed class-action copyright lawsuit was filed against Meta Platforms. This time, filed by book author Christopher Farnsworth. The allegations in the complaint are similar to ones already made by other book authors, such as in the lawsuits brought by Richard Kadrey, Michael Chabon, and Mike Huckabee. Those book author lawsuits against Meta have been…
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Judge John Mendez grants Kohls’ motion for preliminary injunction to stop CA enforcement of deepfake law AB 2839
Read more: Judge John Mendez grants Kohls’ motion for preliminary injunction to stop CA enforcement of deepfake law AB 2839Federal district Judge John Mendez granted Christopher Kohl’s motion for preliminary injunction to stop California’s enforcement of the deepfake election law AB 2839. As we discussed earlier, this law attempts to regulate deceptive media in advertisements), an urgency measure expands the timeframe in which a committee or other entity is prohibited from knowingly distributing an advertisement or…
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Quoting Mark Zuckerberg’s comments about creators and publishers, David Boies asks Judge Chhabria for more discovery time
Read more: Quoting Mark Zuckerberg’s comments about creators and publishers, David Boies asks Judge Chhabria for more discovery timeDavid Boies and his team of lawyers from his firm wasted no time in taking the lead for the plaintiffs in the book authors case, Kadrey v. Meta Platforms. Boies joined the plaintiffs’ legal team after Judge Chhabria roundly chastised Joseph Saveri, then the lead plaintiffs’ attorney, for perceived lapses of the team of plaintiffs’…
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Judge Orrick denies Midjourney’s motion for clarification of order related to trade dress of artists
Read more: Judge Orrick denies Midjourney’s motion for clarification of order related to trade dress of artistsIn the Andersen v. Stability AI case, Judge Orrick denied Midjourney’s request for clarification of the court’s denial of its motion to dismiss the Lanham Act trade dress claims. Midjourney cited Judge Orrick’s own prior decision in its motion: “[C]ourts in this circuit have required trade dress plaintiffs, at the very least, to provide adequate…