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Third Circuit sets oral argument for June 11 in 1st appeal of decision on fair use in AI training. Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence follows another recent Third Circuit decision on fair use in American Society for Testing v. UpCodes.
Read more: Third Circuit sets oral argument for June 11 in 1st appeal of decision on fair use in AI training. Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence follows another recent Third Circuit decision on fair use in American Society for Testing v. UpCodes.Mark your calendars for June 11, 2026. The Third Circuit will hear oral argument in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. It’s the first appeal of a decision related to the question whether the use of copyrighted works (here, Westlaw headnotes for judicial opinions) to train an AI model is a fair use. Judge Bibas reversed…
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In MiniMax suit, Nanoble moves to dismiss Disney’s copyright claims, citing lack of direct infringement and no contributory infringement under Supreme Court’s decision in Cox
Read more: In MiniMax suit, Nanoble moves to dismiss Disney’s copyright claims, citing lack of direct infringement and no contributory infringement under Supreme Court’s decision in CoxDefendant Nanoble in Disney v. MiniMax has filed two motions to dismiss: one based on lack of personal jurisdiction (12(b)(2)) and the other based on failure to state a claim for relief (12(b)(3)). The latter motion offers various grounds to dismiss the complaint of Disney, summarized as follows: Nanoble’s citation of the Supreme Court’s recent…
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OpenAI opposes Elon Musk’s “amended” notice of remedies as belated bait and switch weeks before trial
Read more: OpenAI opposes Elon Musk’s “amended” notice of remedies as belated bait and switch weeks before trialOn April 7, Elon Musk filed an “amended” notice of remedies. In it, he appears to change the remedies he is seeking at his upcoming trial. Originally, on Jan. 16, 2026, Musk described the monetary remedies as follows, with brief mention of potential injunctive relief: Nowhere did Musk say that such monetary recovery would go…
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Judge Chhabria, sua sponte, puts an end to copyright owner’s attempts to file omnibus copyright lawsuit v. entire AI industry. Judge severs lawsuit against 8 AI companies, but keeps the one against Meta as related to Kadrey v. Meta.
Read more: Judge Chhabria, sua sponte, puts an end to copyright owner’s attempts to file omnibus copyright lawsuit v. entire AI industry. Judge severs lawsuit against 8 AI companies, but keeps the one against Meta as related to Kadrey v. Meta.Judge Chhabria rained on the parade of the copyright owner who sought to sue the entire U.S. AI industry, in an omnibus copyright suit against 8 different AI companies: In Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic, Judge Chhabria sua sponte severed the defendants due to improper joinder and dismissed the lawsuit against seven of…
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Why is it open season on OpenAI?
Read more: Why is it open season on OpenAI?Yesterday, we announced the launch of our AI Copyright Case Tracker. We think it provides the public with a wealth of information and insights about the 130 copyright lawsuits against AI companies raging around the world. Fully 100 of the copyright lawsuits have been filed right here in the United States, where most of the…
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Today’s launch of new AI Copyright Case Tracker via ChatGPT Is Eating the World
Read more: Today’s launch of new AI Copyright Case Tracker via ChatGPT Is Eating the WorldTo commemorate the milestone of hitting 100 copyright lawsuits against AI companies in the United States since January 2023, plus at least 30 more in the rest of the world, we created a new AI Copyright Case Tracker. You can visit here. This AI Copyright Case Tracker builds from much data we collected and shared…
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ROSS Intelligence informs Third Circuit of recent fair use decision from Third Circuit in case similarly related to law search
Read more: ROSS Intelligence informs Third Circuit of recent fair use decision from Third Circuit in case similarly related to law searchROSS Intelligence filed a Rule 28(j) letter to inform the Third Circuit panel in its appeal in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence of an important new Third Circuit decision on fair use (at the preliminary injunction stage) handed down on April 7. That decision in American Society for Testing & Materials v. UpCodes, Inc. involves…
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Magistrate Judge Wang orders John Vincent “Vinnie” Monaco to sit for 3.5 hours more of deposition after being unprepared for the first
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang orders John Vincent “Vinnie” Monaco to sit for 3.5 hours more of deposition after being unprepared for the firstMagistrate Judge Wang ordered OpenAI employee John Vincent “Vinnie” Monaco to sit for 3.5 hours more of a Rule 30(b)(6) as the corporate representative to answer questions about OpenAI’s Project Giraffe. Project Giraffe reportedly relates to OpenAI’s efforts to erect guardrails for its models to avoid regurgitations. DOWNLOAD THE ORDER
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Judge Chhabria is assigned Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic. But case may be related to Cambronne v. Anthropic filed by the same law firm
Read more: Judge Chhabria is assigned Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic. But case may be related to Cambronne v. Anthropic filed by the same law firmJudge Chhabria was assigned the Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic omnibus lawsuit. But it could be subject to a motion to relate the case to the similar Cambronne v. Anthropic, filed by the same law firm. Yet there’s a tantalizing possibility that both omnibus copyright suits are severed into 8 separate lawsuits for…