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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…
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The most memorable lines from ROSS Intelligence’s brief on appeal. Stakes are high.
Read more: The most memorable lines from ROSS Intelligence’s brief on appeal. Stakes are high.With the help of ChatGPT, we have compiled a list of the most memorable lines from ROSS Intelligence’s opening brief filed in the Third Circuit on Monday. Some are pithier than others. All advance ROSS’s positions in effective ways. It would be hard to pick one most memorable line. Being a nerdy copyright scholar, I’ll…
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ROSS Intelligence files opening brief in 1st appeal of AI training in suit by Thomson Reuters. Third Circuit becomes most important court in AI litigation.
Read more: ROSS Intelligence files opening brief in 1st appeal of AI training in suit by Thomson Reuters. Third Circuit becomes most important court in AI litigation.ROSS Intelligence filed its opening brief in the first appeal of a fair use decision (fair use denied) in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The copyright lawsuit was filed by Thomson Reuters, parent of the company for legal research West. They alleged that ROSS infringed their copyrights in their headnotes summarizing judicial opinions (which…
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Sparing no expense, ROSS Intelligence hires even more lawyers for its interlocutory appeal of Judge Bibas’s fair use denial to Third Circuit
Read more: Sparing no expense, ROSS Intelligence hires even more lawyers for its interlocutory appeal of Judge Bibas’s fair use denial to Third CircuitFresh off its successful motion for leave to seek interlocutory appeal of Judge Bibas’s denial of fair use, ROSS Intelligence hired even more lawyers to prepare the potential appeal. The lawyers are from Pillsbury: “Kayvan Ghaffari in San Francisco, who represented ROSS as lead counsel in the case at a prior firm, Silicon Valley partner…
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Stunner. Judge Bibas grants ROSS Intelligence motion to certify fair use & copyrighability of headnotes to Third Circuit for interlocutory appeal. Wow.
Read more: Stunner. Judge Bibas grants ROSS Intelligence motion to certify fair use & copyrighability of headnotes to Third Circuit for interlocutory appeal. Wow.Well, Judge Stephanos just made another stunning decision, adding to the series of stunning decisions he’s made in this case, including postponing the trial a day before it was to start. He granted ROSS Intelligence’s motion to certify the 2 questions he already decided on summary judgment, including the fair use defense for training ROSS’s…
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Thomson Reuters opposes ROSS Intelligence’s attempt to interlocutory appeal
Read more: Thomson Reuters opposes ROSS Intelligence’s attempt to interlocutory appealThomson Reuters opposes ROSS Intelligence motion for leave to certify the issue of fair use to the Third Circuit following Judge Bibas’s 2025 grant of summary judgment rejecting fair use. Download the brief below:
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Thomson Reuters, ROSS Intelligence fight over deposition designations
Read more: Thomson Reuters, ROSS Intelligence fight over deposition designationsROSS Intelligence asked for more time to submit its objections to Thomson Reuters’ deposition designations for the upcoming trial in May; ROSS will object to the expansion of Thomson Reuters’ depositions that it plans to designate. Thomson is fine with the extension but wants ROSS to narrow its objections.
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Judge Bibas sets pretrial conference for April 9 in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence.
Read more: Judge Bibas sets pretrial conference for April 9 in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence.ORAL ORDER: The April 9 pretrial conference will take place beginning at 9 a.m. EDT in Wilmington, Delaware. I order the parties to confer and propose a joint stipulation and order setting pretrial deadlines by March 6 at 5 p.m. EST. Remark: The Pretrial Conference that is scheduled for April 9, 2025 at 9:00 am…