Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

But this new era of AI has not come without controversy, as authors and rights holders have launched waves of litigation against the companies that trained and released generative AI models, as well as their investors and affiliates, alleging violations of intellectual property rights. In Millette v. OpenAI, Inc.,

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Brett Trout

MARCH 5, 2025

Upon investigation, the attorneys and law firms admitted that the citations were AI-generated hallucinationsfalse information produced by AIresulting in the court imposing disciplinary actions on all of the attorneys involved. AI hallucinations occur when an AI model generates information that appears credible but is entirely fictitious.

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Kevin O'Keefe

JANUARY 25, 2023

Information on the rights and responsibilities of Iowa farmers and agricultural businesses, such as labor laws and workplace safety regulations. Updates on recent legal developments and court cases impacting the Iowa agricultural industry, such as lawsuits over environmental issues or disputes between farmers and agribusinesses.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 24, 2023

Some forms of data are protected by copyright, trademark, or another cognizable forms of intellectual property. But most of the data on the Internet isn’t easily protectible as intellectual property by those who might have an incentive to protect it. For example, in just the last few weeks, Twitter/X Corp. Verio, Inc.

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Global LegalTech Hub

JANUARY 29, 2023

In order to standardize and make information more clear, accurate, and accessible to all users, the internet also became subject to regulations. Although necessary to regulate the incredible amount of information and products floating around the internet, we can’t deny compliance is seen as a pain in the neck by all industries.

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Martindale-Avvo

AUGUST 24, 2023

They may be asked to uncover information about: Adopted family members Hidden assets in a divorce or child support case Infidelity Missing persons Whether an ex-spouse is cohabitating with a new romantic partner Surveillance Private investigators are sometimes called upon to conduct surveillance on a target.

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The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Intellectual Property Clause grants Congress the power “to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.” It remains unclear whether this is a timely response to the lawsuit.

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Clio

JUNE 13, 2024

Attorneys who specialize in e-discovery ensure information relevant to legal matters is carefully preserved, reviewed, and produced in compliance with regulations. Their expertise streamlines the discovery process, protects the integrity of sensitive information, and ensures legal compliance, making them crucial to the legal process.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 15, 2024

Trout Kickstarter recently suspended a campaign for a board game showcasing a well-known intellectual property. The public suspension notice stated the campaign was the “subject of an intellectual property dispute and is currently unavailable.” No tags for this post. Related posts No related posts.

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CaseFox

JUNE 29, 2023

They shield you against lawsuits, creditors, and other potential hazards. You protect your assets from creditors and lawsuits by creating this protective layer. Copyrights safeguard your intellectual property , such as books, music, or artwork, from unauthorized use. 8 Ways to Protect Assets 1.

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Percipient

JANUARY 20, 2025

This adaptability makes machine learning a key part of legal AI as it helps professionals make informed decisions faster while reducing the chance of oversight. For instance, many firms now use chatbots for client intake, saving time by collecting basic information and answering FAQs.

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Lineal Services

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This strategic move enhances Lineal’s ability to deliver industry-leading legal technology services, strengthening support for internal and regulatory investigations, class action lawsuits, IP litigation, offshore litigation, and antitrust investigations—services that are increasingly critical for legal teams across the APAC region.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Roberts Its become known as the sad beige lawsuit or the case that asks the question can you ever really own an aesthetic ? Intellectual property law has not traditionally protected the way someone styles their hair, makes up their face, or decorates their home, whether or not those choices are photographed and shared.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A 25-person legal technology company in California is fighting back against one of the world’s largest law firms in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea. Attorneys at Akin Gump declined to discuss the lawsuit. Series of Meetings.

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Clio

JANUARY 30, 2024

Law firm data security should be a top priority for any practice, and here’s why: Clients trust you with their most confidential information. Despite these risks, law firms are obligated to protect their clients’ information. Check out our blog post on understanding HIPAA compliance for more information.

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Ikigai Law

JUNE 30, 2023

This brings up a myriad of intellectual property concerns. However, subsequently the Copyright Office issued a withdrawal notice, stating that the onus was on the applicant to inform the Copyright Office about the legal status of the AI tool. [9] Is the output of AI tools copyrightable? Few of the cases are discussed below.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We’ll explore the potential impacts of ChatGPT not only on everyday life, but also on the legal industry, education, intellectual property law, geopolitics, and more. There’ll be just millions and millions of different ways that the technology could interact with people and provide information that is useful.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Internet is awash in lawsuits related to this collection of data. Web scraping can fit snugly within the domain of copyright law, and so there should be a categorical copyright preemption of online contracts purporting to govern use of public information. But that’s a different article.) hiQ Labs I, 938 F.3d

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 1, 2023

Instead, Hunley and Brauer filed a class-action lawsuit against Instagram, alleging that Instagram was vicariously liable for, or was liable for encouraging or contributing to, the alleged direct infringement by others, by providing an “embedding” tool that easily could be used to facilitate public display of their photos. 882 (2006).

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

And that’s one thing, providing it a change control clause, which is proprietary, valuable intellectual property for that organization. And that most of the time, we don’t have enough time to read all of the information to assess the risk appropriately. As these lawsuits get brought to open AI.

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Legal Tech Monitor

AUGUST 22, 2023

And that’s one thing, providing it a change control clause, which is proprietary, valuable intellectual property for that organization. And that most of the time, we don’t have enough time to read all of the information to assess the risk appropriately. As these lawsuits get brought to open AI.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2023

Professor Dobbs runs the IP and Transactional Law Clinic at Richmond and explains that the clinic provides an opportunity for law students to work directly with clients on intellectual property matters, such as copyright and trademark protection, under her supervision. We don’t do patents, since it’s for variety of reasons.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Social media’s role in marketing and intellectual property concerns relating to the fashion industry round out the discussion. So mainly formal wear, it does go down into informal wear and sometimes casual, but we do kind of focus on formal inclusions. So Erin Camp 24:08 It took a huge lawsuit. Erin Camp 15:09 Totally.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 22, 2023

A print publisher qualifies as a DJP if it: “provide[s] information to an audience in the state.” “performs a public information function comparable to that traditionally served by newspapers and other periodical news publications.” ” Is a single reader in California an “audience”?

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Lawmatics

OCTOBER 17, 2023

For example, an Intellectual Property attorney can showcase: Computer science degree from MIT 15 years handling patent litigation Admitted to practice in New York and California AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell Secured over $20M in infringement verdicts This quickly conveys niche expertise and an accomplished background.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 20, 2023

Social media’s role in marketing and intellectual property concerns relating to the fashion industry round out the discussion. So mainly formal wear, it does go down into informal wear and sometimes casual, but we do kind of focus on formal inclusions. So Erin Camp 24:08 It took a huge lawsuit. Erin Camp 15:09 Totally.

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Legal Tech Monitor

APRIL 7, 2023

Professor Dobbs runs the IP and Transactional Law Clinic at Richmond and explains that the clinic provides an opportunity for law students to work directly with clients on intellectual property matters, such as copyright and trademark protection, under her supervision. We don’t do patents, since it’s for variety of reasons.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 20, 2023

The Road Not Taken At this point, no lawsuit had been filed; and the dispute probably could have been, and certainly should have been, easily resolved. In April 2017, it filed a lawsuit against Goldsmith and her agency (now known as Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd., She contacted AWF and advised it that the illustration infringed her copyright.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 22, 2025

Online addiction lawsuits are proliferating across the country, a trend that will continue so long as plaintiffs think they can win. What happens at the end of these lawsuits remains to be seen. intellectual property[] and A.I. The post Addiction Lawsuit Against Character AI Can Proceed–Garcia v.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 16, 2025

Zaful could bring individual lawsuits against each merchant (a point the court makes), or it may be able to use the DMCA notice-and-takedown system to target those photos and avoid court altogether. (Longtime readers know how I feel about copyright enforcement of product shots ). The SAD Scheme seems particularly unnecessary here.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

Many of these consequences involve the division of money and property. The Divorce center describes how various assets may be divided , from real estate and businesses to intellectual property. Like other medical malpractice cases, birth injury lawsuits usually require expert testimony and affidavits of merit.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 21, 2023

In its June 8, 2023 opinion written by Justice Kagan, a unanimous Court declined to decide whether it is ever appropriate to apply the Rogers test—or any threshold First Amendment filter—in a trademark infringement lawsuit before allowing the case to “proceed to the Lanham Act’s likelihood-of-confusion inquiry.” For example, 15 U.S.C.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 11, 2024

[This blog post covers two decisions in the same lawsuit: the ruling on X’s initial motion to dismiss from September, which apparently never triggered my Westlaw or Lexis alerts, and then a ruling on X’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint that the court issued this week. X is “inarguably” an ICS provider.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This post covers two more rulings this week involving anti-TikTok efforts: Montana’s TikTok ban and Indiana’s consumer protection lawsuit against TikTok. The court dismisses the lawsuit both on procedural and substantive grounds. Those efforts all failed in court (see links at the bottom of this post).

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