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Stunning turn of events: day before trial, Judge Bibas postpones trial, rescinds oral rulings made on Aug. 20, and asks for renewed motions on summary judgment in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence
Read more: Stunning turn of events: day before trial, Judge Bibas postpones trial, rescinds oral rulings made on Aug. 20, and asks for renewed motions on summary judgment in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS IntelligenceA stunning turn of events: on the day before trial was set to begin in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence, Judge Stephanos Bibas issued a new ruling postponing the trial. Judge Bibas also rescinded all oral rulings made on August 20, 2024. Plus, Judge Bibas invited the parties to renew their motions for summary judgment.…
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Did Judge Bibas just issue order on infringement in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence two days before trial?
Read more: Did Judge Bibas just issue order on infringement in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence two days before trial?Just two days before trial, both parties in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence filed statements regarding an apparent decision by Judge Bibas, which is not yet available on the docket. In a sealed pleading, the defendant ROSS calls the decision “the court’s sua sponte summary judgment decision.” In its response, Thomson Reuters refers to it…
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Status of all 29 copyright lawsuits v. AI: First trial begins Friday, Aug. 23, in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence
Read more: Status of all 29 copyright lawsuits v. AI: First trial begins Friday, Aug. 23, in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS IntelligenceHere’s the latest on all 29 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. New developments since last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk*. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas *TRIAL starts Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 with jury selection and opening statements _______________________________*[SEALED] MOTION for…
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Updated maps of AI copyright and related lawsuits in US
Read more: Updated maps of AI copyright and related lawsuits in USMap of Copyright lawsuits v. ai companies We’ve updated our map of all 28 copyright lawsuits in the United States. The PDF has clickable links to each docket. map of copyright and related lawsuits v. ai companies We also created a second map with 2 non-copyright lawsuits that are related: Millette v. OpenAI involves the…
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Did comments by former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque and Midjourney CEO David Holz come back to bite them in Sarah Andersen case?
Read more: Did comments by former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque and Midjourney CEO David Holz come back to bite them in Sarah Andersen case?In his order partly denying the motion to dismiss the copyright claims in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI, Judge Orrick found it plausible that the alleged comments of former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque supported the plaintiffs’ theory that Stable Diffusion’s model stores “compressed copies” of the training images and the comments could even support…
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Judge Orrick denies in part motion to dismiss: Sarah Andersen copyright lawsuit survives on claim of copyright and Lanham Act
Read more: Judge Orrick denies in part motion to dismiss: Sarah Andersen copyright lawsuit survives on claim of copyright and Lanham ActIn Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI, Judge Orrick issued his order granting in part the defendants’ motion to dismiss the DMCA CMI claims, contract claims, and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (against DeviantArt) with prejudice and unjust enrichment claim with leave to amend, but denying the motion on the key…
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Judge Bibas declines to rule on whether any headnotes are uncopyrightable, but allows ROSS to submit evidence of public benefit of generative AI at trial
Read more: Judge Bibas declines to rule on whether any headnotes are uncopyrightable, but allows ROSS to submit evidence of public benefit of generative AI at trialWith the first trial in an AI copyright lawsuit set only 2 weeks away (on Monday, Aug. 26), Judge Bibas issued some major pretrial rulings. Jury to determine copyrightability of headnotes First, he denied ROSS Intelligence’s request to have the court filter out allegedly uncopyrightable headnotes of West added to their case reports. Judge Bibas…
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Status of all 28 copyright lawsuits plus 1 new state law suit v. AI (Aug. 7, 2024): 2d case involving YouTube videos but no copyright claim
Read more: Status of all 28 copyright lawsuits plus 1 new state law suit v. AI (Aug. 7, 2024): 2d case involving YouTube videos but no copyright claimHere’s the latest status report on all 28 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Major developments: Other developments include: New developments since last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk*. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas *Final Pretrial Conference proceedings held before…
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OpenAI sued again in in Millette v. OpenAI based on use of YouTube videos to train AI. But no copyright claims raised. Download Complaint (PDF)
Read more: OpenAI sued again in in Millette v. OpenAI based on use of YouTube videos to train AI. But no copyright claims raised. Download Complaint (PDF)OpenAI was sued yet again based on its alleged use of YouTube videos to train AI models of OpenAI. The lawsuit, Millette v. OpenAI, proposes a class action for YouTube video creators based on OpenAI’s alleged “the surreptitious, non-consensual transcription of millions of YouTube users’ videos by Defendants to train Defendants’ AI software products.” But,…
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AI music generators Udio, Suno issue forceful fair use defense v. music labels
Read more: AI music generators Udio, Suno issue forceful fair use defense v. music labelsThe AI music generators Udio and Suno both filed their Answers in their respective lawsuits brought by the music labels. In their Answers, the two companies, both represented by Lathan & Watkins attorneys, make a forceful fair use defense. The defendants go even further: they raise a defense of copyright misuse by the music labels…