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Brief of Amici Curiae Randy Goebel and Larry Ullman dispute “non-generative” AI distinction in ROSS decision
Read more: Brief of Amici Curiae Randy Goebel and Larry Ullman dispute “non-generative” AI distinction in ROSS decisionThe Brief of Amici Curiae Randy Goebel and Larry Ullman disagree with Judge Bibas’s distinction of “non-generative” AI.
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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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Follow the briefing in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. 1st appeal of fair use decision.
Read more: Follow the briefing in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. 1st appeal of fair use decision.We created a dedicated page to track all the briefing before the Third Circuit in the Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence case. Just click here or on the image below: *Full disclosure: I participated in one of the amici briefs filed on behalf of Copyright Law Professors in Support of ROSS Intelligence. Related Stories
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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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Three judges made fair use rulings re: AI training. They appear torn.
Read more: Three judges made fair use rulings re: AI training. They appear torn.With this week’s blockbuster rulings in Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta, we now have decisions by three federal judges on the question whether the use of copyrighted works to train AI models that do not produce allegedly infringing outputs when deployed is a fair use. This is a novel question of law, so…
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Third Circuit grants ROSS Intelligence interlocutory appeal of fair use, copyrightability of headnotes ruling by Judge Bibas
Read more: Third Circuit grants ROSS Intelligence interlocutory appeal of fair use, copyrightability of headnotes ruling by Judge BibasAs we expected, the Third Circuit just granted ROSS Intelligence’s interlocutory appeal of Judge Bibas’s rejection of fair use in AI training and his ruling on the copyrightability of Westlaw’s headnotes. This is no surprise given that Judge Bibas, who sits on the Third Circuit, agreed that the issues should be reviewed on interlocutory appeal.…
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Judge Bibas issues opinion explaining certification of fair use, copyrightability issues for interlocutory appeal
Read more: Judge Bibas issues opinion explaining certification of fair use, copyrightability issues for interlocutory appealJudge Bibas issued an opinion today further explaining the reasons he granted Ross Intelligence’s request to certify two questions (on copyrighability of Westlaw headnotes and fair use in AI training) to the Third Circuit for interlocutory appeal. I expect the Third Circuit will grant it–and think they should. DOWNLOAD JUDGE BIBAS’S DECISION
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Thomson Reuters opposes petition for interlocutory appeal of fair use and copyright ability of headnotes
Read more: Thomson Reuters opposes petition for interlocutory appeal of fair use and copyright ability of headnotesThomson Reuters filed its opposition to ROSS Intelligence’s petition to the Third Circuit for interlocutory appeal. Since Judge Bibas sits on the Third Circuit, his certification of the two questions has to carry some weight with his colleagues. Plus, the fair use question is one that has the potential of disposing the entire lawsuit. Honestly,…
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ROSS Intelligence files petition to Third Circuit for interlocutory appeal in key AI copyright lawsuit
Read more: ROSS Intelligence files petition to Third Circuit for interlocutory appeal in key AI copyright lawsuitROSS Intelligence filed its petition to the Third Circuit asking for an interlocutory appeal of the issues of copyrightability of Westlaw headnotes and ROSS’s fair use defense. Because Judge Bibas, who sits on the Third Circuit, certified these questions from his prior ruling in the district court, I expect the Third Circuit will grant this…