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As litigation involving the use of copyrighted material to train generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT winds its way through the courts, the US Congress is taking on the issue. On July 21, Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Richa… Read More

Disney and Universal have filed a complaint with the US District Court for the Central District of California against the AI company Midjourney, calling it a “bottomless pit of plagiarism.” The plaintiffs also include affiliated companies such as… Read More

The Eight Circuit has issued an opinion in a copyright case that avoided invitations by both parties to address the “compelling legal question” left open by the U.S. Supreme Court in Unicolors v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz (2022) as to whether… Read More

Recently, social media was awash in newly created images in the distinctive anime style of Japan’s Studio Ghibli. People were inputting family photos, memes, and other content into OpenAI’s latest release of its ChatGPT generative AI (GAI) tool a… Read More

Here’s an update on recent legal developments involving artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP). Human Authorship and Copyright The DC Circuit Court has affirmed the denial of copyright registration for work created via AI. The… Read More

The Federal Circuit has ruled that it is necessary to have a written description to support admitted prior art. The case is In re: Xencor, Inc. As the court explained, Anti-C5 antibodies are monoclonal antibodies that bind to C5, a protein that perfo… Read More

As Variety notes, Some of the most high-profile copyright infringement cases happen in the music industry, where the accusation of plagiarism is as nebulous as a concept can get. It happens sometimes by accident — an “unconscious borrowing” —… Read More

The US Copyright Office has granted an exemption to copyright law that is expected to benefit fans of the McDonalds’ McFlurry. For years, hopeful McFlurry-eaters have often been told that the ice cream machine is out of order. As the New York Times… Read More