A federal judge in San Francisco severed a copyright lawsuit by six authors against Anthropic and five other AI companies, holding there was no conspiracy among the competing LLM developers to justify joint litigation, while transferring the OpenAI claims to the New York AI copyright MDL.
In a nonprecedential ruling, the Federal Circuit affirmed that copyright infringement claims against the U.S. government must proceed exclusively under 28 U.S.C. §1498(b) and cannot be recast as Tucker Act ‘takings’ claims — a ruling arising from a pro se plaintiff’s allegation tha
A federal judge in San Francisco severed a copyright lawsuit by six authors against Anthropic and five other AI companies, holding there was no conspiracy among the competing LLM developers to justify joint litigation, while transferring the OpenAI claims to the New York AI copyright MDL.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for BrowserStack after Deque Systems repeatedly failed to disclose its damages calculations in a copyright infringement case over web accessibility software, holding that the district court properly excluded Deque’s damages evidence under Rule 37(c)
The Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for BrowserStack after Deque Systems repeatedly failed to disclose its damages calculations in a copyright infringement case over web accessibility software, holding that the district court properly excluded Deque’s damages evidence under Rule 37(c)
The Eleventh Circuit reversed a jury verdict, holding that 2 Live Crew member Mark Ross’s copyright termination interests were swept into his bankruptcy estate and remained there because they were never scheduled or administered — leaving the group one vote short of the statutory majority need
A New Jersey federal court dismissed copyright claims against Netflix’s Boy Scouts abuse documentary, holding that factual content and common documentary techniques like archival footage, survivor interviews, and somber lighting are not protectable expression.
The Eleventh Circuit reversed a jury verdict, holding that 2 Live Crew member Mark Ross’s copyright termination interests were swept into his bankruptcy estate and remained there because they were never scheduled or administered — leaving the group one vote short of the statutory majority need
A New Jersey federal court dismissed copyright claims against Netflix’s Boy Scouts abuse documentary, holding that factual content and common documentary techniques like archival footage, survivor interviews, and somber lighting are not protectable expression.
A federal court in North Carolina dismissed copyright infringement claims by a cabinetry designer, holding that custom cabinet designs registered as ‘architectural works’ are not eligible for that category of copyright protection because they are not the design of a building.
A federal court in North Carolina dismissed copyright infringement claims by a cabinetry designer, holding that custom cabinet designs registered as ‘architectural works’ are not eligible for that category of copyright protection because they are not the design of a building.
The Sixth Circuit reversed summary judgment for George Clinton and his company Thang, holding that genuine disputes of material fact exist about whether the late P-Funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell was a co-author and co-owner of the group’s sound recordings under copyright law.
The Sixth Circuit reversed summary judgment for George Clinton and his company Thang, holding that genuine disputes of material fact exist about whether the late P-Funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell was a co-author and co-owner of the group’s sound recordings under copyright law.
A D.C. federal judge denied motions to dismiss copyright infringement claims brought by a jury consultant against three defense attorneys who downloaded her copyrighted jury-attitude report from a public court docket and filed it in support of their own clients’ January 6 venue-transfer motion
A D.C. federal judge denied motions to dismiss copyright infringement claims brought by a jury consultant against three defense attorneys who downloaded her copyrighted jury-attitude report from a public court docket and filed it in support of their own clients’ January 6 venue-transfer motion
A Central District of California judge denied motions to dismiss Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros.’ copyright claims against the makers of Hailuo AI, finding that the video-generation tool’s reproduction of iconic characters like Spider-Man and Darth Vader plausibly constitutes both di
A Central District of California judge denied motions to dismiss Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros.’ copyright claims against the makers of Hailuo AI, finding that the video-generation tool’s reproduction of iconic characters like Spider-Man and Darth Vader plausibly constitutes both di
Delaware Superior Court orders the State to hand over Intoxilyzer 9000 training slides to a DUI defendant, rejecting the State’s argument that a manufacturer’s copyrights shield the only existing written operating procedures from criminal discovery.
A federal judge enters a $19.5 million default judgment against shadow library Anna’s Archive and orders global registries to disable the site’s remaining domains, marking the second massive judgment against the piracy operation in 2026.
The Third Circuit vacated the dismissal of a copyright infringement complaint against 54 foreign e-commerce defendants, holding the district court’s standing order failed to properly analyze personal jurisdiction under the purposeful availment test.
A federal judge enters a $19.5 million default judgment against shadow library Anna’s Archive and orders global registries to disable the site’s remaining domains, marking the second massive judgment against the piracy operation in 2026.
The Third Circuit vacated the dismissal of a copyright infringement complaint against 54 foreign e-commerce defendants, holding the district court’s standing order failed to properly analyze personal jurisdiction under the purposeful availment test.
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that EU member states may require platforms like Meta to compensate press publishers for use of their news content, validating national regulators’ authority to set fair remuneration criteria and impose penalties.
A Los Angeles federal jury found Ye (Kanye West) and his companies liable for approximately $438,000 in damages for using the copyrighted instrumental track ‘MSD PT2’ without authorization in an early demo of ‘Hurricane’ performed at the 2021 Donda album listening party at Me