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Thomson Reuters tries to distinguish Third Circuit’s UpCodes fair use decision
Read more: Thomson Reuters tries to distinguish Third Circuit’s UpCodes fair use decisionThomson Reuters submitted its reply to ROSS Intelligence’s 28(j) letter of supplemental authority based on the Third Circuit’s recent fair use decision in American Society for Testing & Materials v. UpCodes, Inc. involving a for-profit, AI-native startup company‘s republication of building codes that some jurisdictions have adopted as law. Despite some salient factual similarities, Thomson Reuters argues that…
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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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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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AI is a matter of national security, says ROSS Intelligence in appeal in Third Circuit
Read more: AI is a matter of national security, says ROSS Intelligence in appeal in Third CircuitIn its appeal in the Third Circuit, ROSS Intelligence just submitted a letter apprising the court of the recent cases filed by Anthropic against the Department of War. ROSS argues that the recent cases support ROSS’s contention that AI development is an issue implicating national security. It will be interesting to see if Thomson Reuters…
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ROSS Intelligence files Reply in appeal of Thomson Reuters’ copyright suit in Third Circuit
Read more: ROSS Intelligence files Reply in appeal of Thomson Reuters’ copyright suit in Third CircuitA lot happening right before the holidays. ROSS Intelligence just filed its Reply in support of its interlocutory appeal of Judge Bibas’s grant of summary judgment on: (1) copyrightability of Westlaw headnotes and (2) no fair use in AI training by ROSS using some Westlaw headnotes in legal memos. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD ROSS’S REPLY FOR ALL…
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Association of American Publishers, RIAA file amicus briefs in support of Thomson Reuters in suit against ROSS Intelligence
Read more: Association of American Publishers, RIAA file amicus briefs in support of Thomson Reuters in suit against ROSS IntelligenceIn the Third Circuit, the Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence case is drawing a lot of briefs. Below are the amici briefs for RIAA and Association of American Publishers. DOWNLOAD RIAA AMICI BRIEF DOWNLOAD ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS AMICUS BRIEF DOWNLOAD ASSOCIATION OF DISNEY ENTERS. AMICI BRIEF DOWNLOAD AI COALITION FOR DATA INTEGRITY AMICUS BRIEF…
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Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.
Read more: Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.The U.S. copyright lawsuits against AI companies continue unabated. Here are the Top 5 news items: 1. Apple joins the copyright party. Although Apple has been roundly criticized for its slow development of Apple Intelligence, that hasn’t stopped book authors from suing Apple for copyright infringement in proposed class actions. In addition to the earlier…
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Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.
Read more: Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.It’s been a hot minute since our last status report. Right now, we are in the doldrums of discovery. We do not expect any other summary judgment decisions on fair use in AI training until summer 2026 at the earliest. So far, 3 judges ruled on fair use, 2 for and 1 against. But their…
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Just filed: Brief of Copyright Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant ROSS Intelligence
Read more: Just filed: Brief of Copyright Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant ROSS IntelligenceThe Brief of Copyright Law Professors in Support of Appellant ROSS Intelligence was filed today. I was happy to be a part of it. We argue that ROSS Intelligence’s use of a select number of headnotes to train its model that produces no infringing outputs (in fact, just quotes from uncopyrightable judicial opinions) was a…
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AI training in the shadow of Geoffrey Hinton: was it fair use or not?
Read more: AI training in the shadow of Geoffrey Hinton: was it fair use or not?AI is one of the most disruptive technologies of the 21st century. It may go down as the most disruptive when history books are written. AI’s disruption has triggered a wide spectrum of reactions among people, including hostility and outright vitriol. There’s probably no more triggering aspect of AI than the edifice on which it…