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What the US’ first major AI copyright ruling might mean for IP law
Copyright claims against AI companies just got a potential boost. A U.S. federal judge last week handed down a summary judgment in a case brought by tech
Generative AI, which is at the center of copyright lawsuits against companies such as OpenAI and Midjourney, is frequently trained on massive amounts of content from public sources around the web. Randy McCarthy, a U.S. patent attorney at the law firm Hall Estill, said Bibas’ focus on the “impacts upon the market for the original work” could be key to rights holders’ cases against generative AI developers. Another attorney TechCrunch spoke with, Mark Lezama, a litigation partner at Knobbe Martens focusing on patent disputes, thinks Bibas’ opinion could have wider implications.
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