Month: March 2025

Chegg v. Google complaint.

Although this lawsuit does not (yet) involve a copyright claim, it’s worth tracking in light of Brave Software’s recently filed lawsuit against Dow Jones: Chegg v. Google. Both lawsuits, along with New York Times v. Microsoft, deal with combining AI with search engines, such as with retrieval augmented generation (RAG). For the Times case, Bing…
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Concord Music v. Anthropic dispute over whether Claude user information is discoverable

The parties in Concord Music v. Anthropic filed a statement outlining their respective positions on whether user information related to prompts on Anthropic’s generator Clause should be discoverable.
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Kadrey v. Meta parties dispute over staff notes of Meta rebuttal expert Bakewell

The parties in Kadrey v. Meta filed a letter to Magistrate Judge Hixson over whether notes taken by the staff of Meta’s rebuttal expert Christopher Bakewell should be produced to the plaintiffs.
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Has the Copyright Office become more receptive to AI-generated works? Yes, if they embody selection, coordination, arrangement of human creators

On January 29, 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office issued its long-awaited report on authorship and AI. This Report followed its earlier AI Guidance on Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence published on March 16, 2023. Has the U.S. Copyright Office’s position on AI-generated works changed since March 2023? On the surface, the Report might…
Read more: Has the Copyright Office become more receptive to AI-generated works? Yes, if they embody selection, coordination, arrangement of human creators
Google stresses importance of fair use in comment to White House Office of Science & Technology Policy

Google posted its comment to the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy’s request. Like OpenAI, Google stressed the importance of fair use to AI development, although its section was shorter than in OpenAI’s comment. Copyright. Balanced copyright rules, such as fair use and text-and-data miningexceptions, have been critical to enabling AI systems to…
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Magistrate Judge van Keulen sets Zoom hearing for Mar. 18, 2025, 11 AM PDT in Concord Music v. Anthropic

Discovery Hearing set for 3/18/2025 11:00 AM in San Jose, – Videoconference Only before Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen. This proceeding will be held via a Zoom webinar.Webinar Access: All counsel, members of the public, and media may access the webinar information at https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/svk Court Appearances: Advanced notice is required of counsel or parties who wish…
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ROSS Intelligence adds trial & appellate lawyers from White & Case to Thomson Reuters suit

After losing on summary judgment in a decision by Judge Bibas, who rejected its fair use defense after once finding it plausible and in need of trial in 2023, ROSS Intelligence added more legal firepower, enlisting both trial and appellate lawyers from White & Case. The trial on the remaining issues (scope of infringement and…
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Plaintiffs in In re Mosaic LLM Litigation add more new lawyers from Susman Godrey and Lieff Cabraser.

In the past week, starting on March 6, 2025, the plaintiffs in In re Mosaic LLM Litigation have added 9 new lawyers to their team. Judge Breyer already appointed “the Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP as interim lead counsel and Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP and Cafferty Clobes Meriwether& Sprengel LLP as the executive committee. The…
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Judge Andrews denies ElevenLabs motion to transfer to Southern District of New York

In a short order, Judge Andrews denied defendant ElevenLabs’ motion to transfer the case to the Southern District of New York. Delaware it is.
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OpenAI comment to White House Office of Science & Technology Policy warns of China’s threat to AI and need for fair use to develop AI

OpenAI submitted its comment on AI to the White House Office Science & Technology Policy ahead of its March 15 deadline. OpenAI recognized the threat that China poses in the quest to be the world leader in AI. OpenAI also emphasized the importance of fair use under U.S. copyright law as an advantage in facilitating…
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