By Avalon Zoppo | February 21, 2024
"Fair use is a notoriously difficult and fact-specific analysis, and the Supreme Court's decision in Warhol did little to un-complicate it," said copyright attorney Cindy Gierhart.
By Ed Lanquist, Jr. and Dominic Rota | February 15, 2024
At what point does a "smart" computing system, or advanced software program, qualify as AI in the eyes of pertinent regulatory or judicial authorities? When is an individual considered to have merely deployed an AI-based computing tool to assist with creating a work of art or conceiving of a technological innovation? Each of these questions is explored in this article, giving consideration to currently prevailing guidelines from administrative bodies and the courts.
By Mason Lawlor | February 14, 2024
The manufacturer accuses Build-a-Bear of more than $300 million worth of trade dress and copyright infringement with "copycat" Skoosherz plush toys.
By Riley Brennan | February 13, 2024
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts.
By Isha Marathe | February 9, 2024
Large cloud and AI providers including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, among others, say they'll take on the legal risk of a copyright claim arising from the use of their offered LLMs. But there are significant caveats to these protections.
By Mason Lawlor | February 9, 2024
"Depending on how this case ultimately shakes out, it could set certain standards or guide us towards how future activity may or may not be regulated, and I think that's where it's most interesting," said Benjamin Jaffe, a partner at New York law firm Pryor Cashman.
By Jonathan Moskin and Rachel Pauley | February 7, 2024
The emerging cases by authors and copyright owners challenging various generative AI programs for using copyrighted materials are certain to create new troubles for the courts being asked to apply the fair use doctrine to this important new technology.
By Maria Dinzeo | February 6, 2024
Valerie Ho helped craft the fast-fashion giant's global legal and compliance structure and was helping it fend off questions about its IP and labor practices as it preps for an IPO.
By Jane Wester | February 5, 2024
Plaintiffs argue that OpenAI's large language models "endanger authors' ability to make a living, in that the LLMs allow anyone to generate—automatically and freely (or very cheaply)—texts that they would otherwise pay writers to create."
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By Ross Todd | February 5, 2024
David Marriott of Cravath, Swaine & Moore discusses his work on behalf of photographers Donald Graham and Eric McNatt whose images appropriation artist Richard Prince infringed in his Instagram-based "New Portraits" series.
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