Thomson Reuters scores early win in AI copyright battles in the US
Thomson Reuters has won an early battle in court over the question of fair use in artificial intelligence-related copyright cases. The media and technology company filed a lawsuit against Ross Intelligence — a now-defunct legal research firm — in 2020,
Thomson Reuters Wins Major AI Copyright Case
After reconsidering the case, the judge issued a partial summary judgement, which asks whether a non-generative AI system’s content counts as original work.
Thomson Reuters wins an early court battle over AI, copyright, and fair use
A judge looked at possible copyright infringement defenses for Ross Intelligence and said, ‘I reject them all.’
AI company Ross Intelligence loses copyright fight with Thomson Reuters
A US judge has ruled in favor of Thomson Reuters in a AI training fight against Ross Intelligence, a legal AI startup, according to The Verge. Thomson Reuters sued Ross Intelligence in 2020 for using the company’s legal research platform Westlaw to train Ross Intelligence’s AI without permission.
Thomson Reuters wins AI copyright 'fair use' ruling against one-time competitor
A federal judge in Delaware on Tuesday said that a former competitor of Thomson Reuters was not permitted by U.S. copyright law to copy the information and technology company's content to build a competing artificial intelligence-based legal platform.
Thomson Reuters' AI copyright win blows a hole in AI industry’s fair use defense
As Wired notes, the judgment blows a hole in the AI industry’s fair use defense. The industry has used fair use (the same parody laws that birthed “ Dumb Starbucks “) to claim that what they do, e.g.,
Judge Sides With Thomson Reuters in AI Copyright Dispute
A judge ruled Ross Intelligence copied Westlaw data without permission, in a blow to AI developer's fair use claims.
Using copyrighted content to train AI without permission is not ‘fair use’, US court rules in precedent-setting Thomson Reuters case
HOW ‘FAIR USE’ WORKS. The fair use doctrine exists to safeguard freedom of expression and to create an environment that encourages learning and innovation. To that end, in man
Thomson Reuters CEO: How AI will change law firms
And yet, the cautious approach to AI that persists at the top of some law firms shows that managing partners who still worry about moving too early are overlooking the significant
Judge Rules ROSS’ AI Training Infringed on Thomson Reuters' Westlaw Headnotes
The ruling, which reserved a 2023 order denying Thomson Reuters a summary judgement, found that ROSS’ use of Westlaw data did ...
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The First U.S. AI Copyright “Fair Use” Ruling Favors Copyright Owners
Yesterday, in the first U.S. ruling on the closely scrutinized question of fair use in the AI-related copyright litigation context, U.S. Circuit ...
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Revised Fair Use Ruling Finds No Transformative Use in Developing AI Search Tool
Judge Stephanos Bibas Yesterday, Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas, sitting by designation in the District of Delaware, issued a ruling updating a previous summary judgment decision dismissing copyright ...
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Court Definitively Rejects Fair Use Defense in AI Training Case
In one of the most closely-watched copyright cases this year, a Delaware court rejected defendant, ROSS Intelligence’s (“ROSS”), fair use and ...