By Mason Lawlor | October 7, 2024
U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney of the Western District of North Carolina granted a consent judgment Oct. 1 in a patent dispute brought by Power Probe, a Charlotte-based company that provides tools for auto technicians, against Toolsmart Limited, which is based in the United Kingdom. Within a week of filing the complaint, Toolsmart reached an agreement with Power Probe.
By Marianna Wharry | October 4, 2024
"'Stereophonic' is undoubtedly a play based on plaintiffs' memoir 'Making Rumours' because substantial similarities exist between the two works, a reality that has been independently confirmed by those familiar with plaintiffs' book who have also had the opportunity to review the play," the complaint said.
By Marianna Wharry | October 4, 2024
"'Stereophonic' is undoubtedly a play based on plaintiffs' memoir 'Making Rumours' because substantial similarities exist between the two works, a reality that has been independently confirmed by those familiar with plaintiffs' book who have also had the opportunity to review the play," the complaint stated.
By Kat Black | October 2, 2024
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein and Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard filed a class action on behalf of lead plaintiff Christopher Farnsworth, author of the "Nathaniel Cade" fiction series, against Meta on Tuesday, claiming that it stole "hundreds of thousands" of copyrighted books from a pirated online collection to build its large language model set, "Llama."
By Kat Black | October 2, 2024
Christopher Farnsworth, author of the "Nathaniel Cade" fiction series, filed suit against Meta on Tuesday, claiming it stole "hundreds of thousands" of copyrighted books from a pirated online collection to build its large language model set, "Llama."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert W. Clarida and Thomas Kjellberg | October 1, 2024
"The courts have also recognized that 'human creativity is the sine qua non at the core of copyrightability, even as that human creativity is channeled through new tools or into new media,'" write Robert W. Clarida and Thomas Kjellberg.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | October 1, 2024
"Ross contends that Thomson Reuters violated and still violates antitrust laws, but Ross has not backed up its allegations with enough evidence," Judge Stephanos Bibas wrote in his memorandum opinion. "So I grant summary judgment to Thomson Reuters on those counterclaims."
By Cheryl Miller | September 24, 2024
As David Boies and three colleagues joined the suit against Meta on Tuesday, a magistrate judge said CEO Mark Zuckerberg must sit for a deposition in the case.
By Tommaso Baronio | September 24, 2024
"Whether you're a well-known divorce firm or a well-known criminal firm, it's very likely that your competitors are buying your name and trying to put up ads that will direct people looking for you to someone else, oftentimes in a very deceptive way," the plaintiff's counsel said.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Rob Maier | September 24, 2024
"From 2017 through 2023, IPR filings have been trending downwards, with 86 fewer petitions filed each year on average over that period," writes Rob Maier.
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