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The Recorder

Appeals Court Upholds Ruling That an Online Archive's Book Sharing Violated Copyright Law

In a statement Wednesday, the president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, Maria Pallante, called the decision a victory for the publishing community.
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The Recorder

Georgia Court Tells Trump Campaign to Stop Using 'Hold On, I'm Coming'

While many artists have publicly complained about use of their songs by political campaigns, the case filed by the estate of Isaac Hayes is one of the few to reach a courtroom.
5 minute read

Law.com

Womble Bond Dickinson, McCarter & English Net a Quarter of Requested $4.78M Fees Following $14.7M False Advertising Win

The jury's split decision—finding for defendants as to trademark and fair use, for plaintiff as to UDTPA and the Lanham Act, and for one defendant but against another as to copyright—is a strong indicator that plaintiff's claims were not as 'inextricably interwoven' as they may seem," wrote U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr.
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The Recorder

California Company Tushbaby Sues Sellers of Imitation Infant Carriers

Tushbaby's viral popularity led its inventor to land a "Shark Tank" appearance, but now it's fending off imitators it says are originating in China.
4 minute read

The Recorder

'Show Us the License': Hayes Estate Says Trump Illegally Playing Soul Classic 'Hold On, I'm Comin'' at Rallies

Plaintiffs in the Georgia suit contend that the former president has illegally used "Hold On, I'm Comin'" since 2020 and are challenging the campaign to show the license it claims to have.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Writers Sue Anthropic for Allegedly Stealing 'Hundreds of Thousands' of Books to Train AI Models

The complaint, filed on Monday in the Northern District of California, accuses the San Francisco-based company of illegally downloading and copying pirated versions of the material to feed to its large language models, which are designed to simulate human communication and generate predictive written responses to prompts by algorithmically processing the datasets they ingest.
3 minute read

Law.com

'The Adult Version of Pedialyte': Abbott Allowed to Proceed With Trademark-Infringement Suit Against Similar Revitalyte Beverage

Abbott has also put forth evidence of Revitalyte retweeting comments referring to Revitalyte as 'the adult version of Pedialyte,' 'like Pedialyte but for adults,' 'barstool sports Pedialyte,' 'barstool sports brand Pedialyte,' 'barstool sports branded Pedialyte,' and 'Barstool Pedialyte.' These comments also provide examples of actual consumer confusion," said U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank for the District of Minnesota.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Should Internet Service Providers Be on Hook for Copyright Infringment? ISP Asks Justices Billion-Dollar Question

Only the U.S. Supreme Court can resolve the sharp division among federal circuit courts regarding standards of online liability, Cox Communications says.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Nasdaq Sues Singaporean Company for Reselling Its Financial Feeds

Nasdaq's complaint accuses an unnamed company of misappropriating the financial services company's data and undermining its business by selling the stock feeds at a discount
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Judge Whittles Down Artists' Landmark AI Copyright Suit but Keeps Core Infringement Claims Alive

Judge William Orrick found that the cartoonists, painters and illustrators who filed the case have plausibly shown their works were used in AI training, which he said was sufficient to allow the case testing whether the fair use doctrine applies to AI-powered image generation tools to move forward.
5 minute read

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