Michelle Morgante

January 17, 2025 | The Recorder

"Each of the plaintiffs has suffered mental and emotional trauma from being exposed to depraved content in service of Scale AI’s various projects." said Glenn Danas, lead counsel for the plaintiffs.

By Michelle Morgante

5 minute read

January 15, 2025 | The Recorder

Mark Lemley said he could not “in good conscience” represent Mark Zuckerberg given recent decisions to "encourage disinformation and hate speech" on his company's platforms. A suit pending in Northern California alleges Meta infringed the copyrights of several authors by using their works to train its generative AI program.

By Michelle Morgante

6 minute read

January 10, 2025 | The Recorder

The 2025 California Legal Awards have moved to mid-summer. Nominations are now being accepted. Questions? Plan to attend our Jan. 23 Q&A call.

By Michelle Morgante

2 minute read

January 07, 2025 | The Recorder

An appellate panel last week rejected the beer giant’s challenge of a 2022 jury verdict in favor of San Diego County’s Stone Brewing. Lead counsel Noah Hagey says the decision is a road map for future “reverse confusion” cases.

By Michelle Morgante

8 minute read

January 03, 2025 | The Recorder

An agreement signed in the U.S. District Court of Northern California requires Anthropic to use “guardrails” to protect copyrighted lyrics allegedly used to train its premier AI product, Claude. The case filed by a group of music publishers remains in motion.

By Michelle Morgante

5 minute read

December 31, 2024 | The Recorder

Wonderbow, the independent German company behind the board game Kelp, learned the hard way that counterfeiters were tough competitors when it came to stealing IP and marketing fake products on e-commerce sites.

By Michelle Morgante

8 minute read

December 30, 2024 | The Recorder

U-Haul contends Public Storage “is attempting to pull a fast one on the USPTO, bootstrapping an unsustainable claim of ownership of the color orange, and bullying other longtime users of orange trade dress.”

By Michelle Morgante

5 minute read

December 20, 2024 | The Recorder

A lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court alleges Google selected Paula Byrne for layoff because she was on maternity leave despite giving her exemplary reviews during her 15 years with the company.

By Michelle Morgante

6 minute read

December 17, 2024 | The Recorder

Nominations are now open for the 2025 California Legal Awards, which will move from a fall date to June 25. For a second year, the celebration will be held in Los Angeles.

By Michelle Morgante

2 minute read

December 06, 2024 | The Recorder

Robert Van Nest of Keker, Van Nest & Peters told the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that OpenAI will file a multidistrict litigation petition to consolidate eight pending copyright suits.

By Michelle Morgante

3 minute read