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Judge Garnett allows discovery in Huckabee v. Bloomberg, sets schedule
Read more: Judge Garnett allows discovery in Huckabee v. Bloomberg, sets scheduleThe Huckabee v. Bloomberg is moving into discovery, now that the court rejected Bloomberg’s motion to dismiss. After a conference yesterday, Judge Garnett issued the following order: ORDER: As discussed on the record at the conference on January 13, 2026, the Court hereby LIFTS the stay on discovery (Dkt. No. 85) and ADOPTS the below…
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Has actor Matthew McConaughey really trademarked himself? WSJ suggests so.
Read more: Has actor Matthew McConaughey really trademarked himself? WSJ suggests so.As I was preparing to teach trademark class today, I was struck by the Wall Street Journal‘s provocatively titled article, “Matthew McConaughey Trademarks Himself to Fight AI Misuse.” The title of the article was only more shocking than one I read about the proposed law in Denmark that would allow people to “copyright themselves” as…
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AI backlash: 3 open ChatGPT tabs spark allegations of AI use for Stranger Things show
Read more: AI backlash: 3 open ChatGPT tabs spark allegations of AI use for Stranger Things showJust to show you how triggering AI usage can be, Internet sleuths are running wild almost conspiracy theories that the Duffer Brothers relied on ChatGPT when creating Stranger Things Season 5. What’s the evidence? Apparently, a shot from the documentary about Stranger Things showing 3 open ChatGPT tabs on the brower while one of the…
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Databricks, Mosaic file surreply to Plaintiffs’ request to file 2d Amended Complaint
Read more: Databricks, Mosaic file surreply to Plaintiffs’ request to file 2d Amended ComplaintDatabricks and Mosaic filed their surreply opposing the Plaintiffs’ request to file a 2d Amended Complaint. The hearing is set before Judge Breyer on Jan. 16, 10 AM PDT. For past briefing: Excerpt:
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Plaintiffs seek to exclude William Patry’s expert testimony on issues relevant to class certification in Google AI suit
Read more: Plaintiffs seek to exclude William Patry’s expert testimony on issues relevant to class certification in Google AI suitPlaintiffs are seeking to exclude the expert testimony of two experts proffered by Google: William Patry and Ryan Sullivan. Of course, as Plaintiffs say, “Patry formerly served as Google’s Senior Copyright Counsel for over 17 years and now works at Quinn Emanuel, where he represents other large technology companies in litigation involving the use of…
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Judge Stein upholds disovery of 20M ChatGPT chat logs of users
Read more: Judge Stein upholds disovery of 20M ChatGPT chat logs of usersJudge Stein upheld Magistrate Judge Wang’s order that OpenAI must produce 20 million ChatGPT chat logs to the plaintiffs in the MDL litigation. OpenAI’s pending Rule 72(a) objection to Magistrate Judge Wang’s decision finding that OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege related to deletion of Books 1, 2 datasets remains before Judge Stein. OpenAI, represented by…
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In SDNY, Judge Preska deems as related NYT, Chicago Tribune suits v. Perplexity AI. Sets conference for Jan. 6.
Read more: In SDNY, Judge Preska deems as related NYT, Chicago Tribune suits v. Perplexity AI. Sets conference for Jan. 6.The recently filed lawsuits against Perplexity AI filed by the New York Times and Chicago Tribune are now related cases before Judge Loretta Preska in the Southern District of New York. The Judge set the initial status conference for Jan. 5, 2026, 11:30 EDT. Meanwhile, Perplexity AI faces 4 other lawsuits filed by Carreyrou in…
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Elon Musk’s xAI, represented by Clement & Murphy firm, sues California law AB 2013, the Generative AI Training Data Transparency Act
Read more: Elon Musk’s xAI, represented by Clement & Murphy firm, sues California law AB 2013, the Generative AI Training Data Transparency ActElon Musk’s xAI, represented by the Clement & Murphy law firm co-founded by Paul Clement and Erin Murphy, filed a lawsuit in the Central District of California challenging California’s AB 2013, the Generative AI Training Data Transparency Act, which goes into effect on Jan. 1. The law requires AI developers to disclose detailed summaries of…
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Sergey Brin admits Google fumbled developing AI after seminal transformer paper (Attention Is All You Need) that spawned ChatGPT
Read more: Sergey Brin admits Google fumbled developing AI after seminal transformer paper (Attention Is All You Need) that spawned ChatGPTSergey Brin recently admitted that Google underinvested in AI after Google researchers posted their seminal paper on the transformer architecture in the paper “Attention Is All You Need” in 2017. Because Google shared the discovery with everyone, OpenAI ran with it, which led to ChatGPT. Sam Altman also recently said that, had Google taken OpenAI…