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Journalists’ Lack of Harm Fatal to DMCA Claims Against AI Developer

Debevoise Data Blog

Judge Colleen McMahon of the Southern District of New York dismissed plaintiffs’ suit in its entirety, holding that plaintiffs had no cognizable claim for damages or injunctive relief because they failed at this stage of litigation to demonstrate that they had been harmed in any way by OpenAI’s actions. Highway Inn, Inc., App’x 674 (9th Cir.

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Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

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. And then, in 2017, the famous hiQ Labs, Inc. LinkedIn Corp.

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Launching Today, Tangibly is First Platform to Systematically Manage A Company’s Trade Secrets

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Yet a 2017 study by law firm Baker McKenzie found that less than a third of companies maintain inventories of trade secrets and have action plans for responding to theft. “If you can’t be specific about what the asset is, then good luck litigating it,” Londergan said. Who has access to the trade secret?

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

Above the Law - Technology

VoiceScript Ai.Law Elevator Pitch: Provides AI-generated litigation documents, from pleadings to discovery. We are the first AI-driven platform to focus specifically on drafting litigation documents. The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. What makes you unique or innovative?

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Big YouTube Channel Gets TRO Against Being Targeted by DMCA Copyright Takedown Notices–Invisible Narratives v. Next Level Apps

Eric Goldman

With respect to the balance of hardships, the court says “Next Level will not experience meaningful hardship as a result of the TRO because Next Level will only be enjoined from misappropriating Invisible Narratives’ intellectual property.” Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017?

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Guest Post: How Santa Clara Law Graduates Students with a ‘Tech Edge’

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The Tech Edge JD launched in 2017, inviting law school applicants to apply for a position in the inaugural 2018 incoming cohort. Mark Michels, is a lecturer in law, teaching leadership for lawyers, e-discovery, and patent litigation, at Santa Clara University School of Law. .

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Targeting Midsized Firms, Practice Management Platform Centerbase Receives ‘Significant’ Growth-Equity Investment

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It has seen 100% year-over-year growth every year since 2017, when the company released its product commercially, he said. In an interview with LawSites, John Forbes , founder and CEO, declined to say the amount of the investment, but he described it as “really significant.”. Since founding it in 2015, Forbes has self-funded the company.