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. 1] Proving Defendants Use of Training Data Inputs.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 27, 2024

District Court in Manhattan by a legal tech executive who alleges her former company owes her over $1 million in stock and that her former boss sexually harassed her. Defendants Sued Her First At the time I wrote that, I had not heard back from my request to the defendants for a response to Diaz-Roa’s allegations.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

However, unlike phone calls, text messages leave a written record that can later be reviewed, and, in some cases, used as evidence in court. In response, Baldoni released additional messages in an attempt to defend himself. A single message sent in anger can shape how the court perceives a party. Brandt at www.cozen.com.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 21, 2024

Ai.law , a legal technology startup that uses artificial intelligence to generate litigation documents, has added a new module that will draft the complaint to initiate a lawsuit. The product, which is in beta, generates a Microsoft Word document formatted for the federal court system. Any issues likely to be contentious.

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 17, 2025

Brett Trout The Cost of Defending Your Patent As an inventor or patent holder, your intellectual property represents years of hard work, creativity, and financial expenditures. Even for smaller cases, where the damages are less than $1 million, the patent litigation costs average $700,000. What Is a Contingent Fee Structure?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The Arizona Supreme Court held in January 1976 that the trial court had the power to assert the privilege in the absence of the person who made the confession. Financial provisions in the agreement also may describe the payment of court costs or any other expenses beyond the attorney’s fee.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the lawsuit I’m covering today, Roblox named over 250 defendants. If that’s true with the other 18 cases, Roblox may have sued 4,000+ defendants using the SAD Scheme. Hierl was the lead counsel on the Emojico case I opined on in 2021.] * * * Jurisdiction The defendant Bigfinz sells t-shirts. Seriously, Roblox?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 4, 2023

Federal statutes do not provide clear answers to these questions, so courts will need to confront them. Already, lawsuits involving AI-generated works have been filed in federal courts from coast to coast. This free database provides public records of lawsuits in federal trial and appellate courts. A pending lawsuit in the U.S.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The court dismisses the case entirely with leave to amend. The court responds: “Plaintiffs do not clearly identify the ‘product’ at issue or the ‘design defect’ it allegedly contains.” Thus, to remedy the alleged defect, Defendants would have to change the content posted on their platforms.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In a ruling with potential implications for other pending generative artificial intelligence (AI) copyright cases, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH & West Publishing Corp. ROSS Intelligence Inc. some creative spark.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Emojico has trademark registrations in the word “emoji” for a ridiculously broad range of product categories–from (I’m not making this up) ship hulls to penis enlargers–and it then licenses the word to product manufacturers and defendants ensnared in its enforcement net. One defendant fought back.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Brett Trout Patent litigation is often complex and high-stakes, but the case involvingLeigh Rothschild, Starbucks, and attorney Rachael Lamkinhas taken an unusual turn, morphing from a patent infringement lawsuit into allegations of fraud, and now, a defamation battle? from defendants through AT.

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lennyesq

DECEMBER 24, 2024

13, 2025, by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), hours after a Monday court ruling reinstated the reporting requirement. 1, 2025, BOI reporting deadline pending a further order of the court. 1, 2025, BOI reporting deadline pending a further order of the court. ” The case is still being litigated.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 5, 2025

While AI promises efficiency and cost savings, a recent case in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of including unverified AI-generated content in court filings. The court discovered that eight of those cases did not exist. Walmart Inc. &

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LawSites

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The pandemic caused civil courts in the United States to adopt technology at an unprecedented pace and scale, improving participation in court proceedings and helping users resolve disputes more efficiently. Pew researchers examined pandemic-related emergency orders issued by the supreme courts of all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 4, 2024

The plaintiff sued 163 defendants for online marketplace sales and got an ex parte TRO, including Amazon account freezes. After a couple of defendants showed up, the judge denied a TRO extension because of the possible lack of merit in the plaintiff’s infringement allegations. Then, the case fell apart. Proximate Damage.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

At this point, I’ve not paid close attention to the proceedings because everything at the district court level is a rehearsal for the inevitable appellate court review. I’m sure the appellate court will be eager to docket this one. A reminder: this lawsuit is a battle royale. They will need to clear their calendar.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

As we previewed in our 2024 AI year in review , one of the big areas to watch in 2025 will be how much discovery courts are prepared to order into the inner workings of AI companies, especially in the face of arguments that discovery would reveal trade secrets or would be overbroad in cases based on specific claimed works. OpenAI, Inc.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

If this happens, a consumer might be able to pursue a claim in court. When the damages are relatively limited, a consumer might consider pursuing action in small claims court. This can be a cheaper and more efficient way to resolve a claim, and proceedings in small claims court tend to be easier for ordinary people to navigate.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 14, 2024

There are two critically important cases over “social media addiction” pending in California state court and as an MDL in the federal Northern District of California. It is an all-out brawl in federal court, with no-expense-spared battles over each and every picayune litigation issue.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

” (Technically, the defendants in this case are enumerated on “Exhibit 1” instead of “Schedule A,” but same thing). The court describes the phenomenon: This case is one of many in the Northern District of Illinois’s “cottage industry” of “Schedule A” cases. The defendant sold the flag below it.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Brett Trout In a recent decision by the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (CoA) dated December 20, 2024, the court underscored the critical importance of precise patent drafting. The case involved Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which faced significant challenges to its patent due to inaccuracies in its patent claims.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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. Ice Portal, Inc., 2022), cert.

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LawSites

JUNE 29, 2022

Today brings news that Gavelytics , a seven-year-old litigation analytics company, is closing its doors effective tomorrow. We invented the category of state court analytics. We built things never before built and answered litigation-related questions never before answerable. The reason, he said, is “a long story.” .

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Eric Goldman

JULY 14, 2023

The latest ruling addresses YouTube’s motion to dismiss the fourth amended complaint, which the court grants with prejudice. You’d think that if that claim is your strongest/only claim, you’d go ahead and give up, but I’m not a litigator so what do I know? Case citation : Divino Group LLC v.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

What This Means for Patent Holders Nintendos legal strategy serves as a reminder that securing patent is only half the battle defending those patents is just as crucial. A well-drafted patent can deter infringement before litigation even begins.

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 14, 2025

Patent Agents : Individuals who are licensed to practice before the USPTO and can assist with filing and prosecution of patents but cannot provide legal advice or representation in court. Produce a patent that will stand up in court. Draft an application that will support those claims and stand up in court.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 18, 2023

Supreme Court [FN]. Twitter won its decision unanimously, and the Supreme Court per curiam punted the Google case back to the 9th Circuit with the clear message that the plaintiffs should lose. The Supreme Court says that the term “aiding and abetting” in the statute should be interpreted using the common law.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 15, 2024

In so holding, however, the Court declined to resolve the logically antecedent question of whether the discovery rule applies to the three-year copyright statute of limitations, finding “that issue is not properly presented here, because Warner Chappell never challenged the Eleventh Circuit’s use of the discovery rule below.” Nealy , No.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 8, 2024

This case hit my alerts because of its discussion about keyword advertising, but first, I have to digest how the court got there. The court said that the trademark owner had been using the trademark since 1985 and registered the trademark in 2006. ” That prompted this litigation. .'” ” Say what? ” Uh oh.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

After hearing this allegation at least twice, the Court instructed plaintiffs’ counsel to go present proof of such a bribe and to specifically subpoena the banks that were allegedly involved in laundering the bribe. This is the basic reason that summary judgment, at long last, must be GRANTED to Meta defendants.

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 30, 2025

Three proposed billsthePREVAIL Act, RESTORE Act, and PERA (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act)aim to fix longstanding issues in patent law, making iteasier for inventors to obtain patents, defend them in court, and monetize their innovations. This law would give inventors a real weapon against infringers? Aligning the U.S.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 12, 2024

had been mostly invisible in court opinions. recently started showing up more in court opinions–but not necessarily in a good way. In the last year, a team of California litigators (from Singleton Schreiber in Sacramento and Law Offices of Thomas Leary from San Diego) has launched 1670.8 of their cases in state court.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The plaintiff doesn’t indicate whether or not WGNAFM’s photo usage was licensed, but the court seemingly wouldn’t care if it was. Breitbart , the court says that “reposting” on “social media” is enough to find copyright infringement in a default judgment. All excellent points. It no-showed.

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Liquid Litigation Management, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

While it is common to hear about large corporate defendants being sanctioned in huge products liability cases for not properly disclosing information, an individual plaintiff being sanctioned for the same offense is far less common. In the Order Judge Milazzo stated: The Court is troubled by Gahan’s conduct.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 30, 2023

The court denies a preliminary injunction. Though the court says it’s a close question, the court says that the plaintiff does not have a likelihood of success on the merits. To analyze this, the court applies the standard likelihood of consumer confusion factors. The litigants directly compete. Not relevant.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MARCH 19, 2025

At the Committees last meeting in November 2024, it agreed to develop a formal proposal for a new rule which, if adopted, would become Rule 707 of the FRE that would require federal courts to apply Rule 702s standards to machine-generated evidence. State courts also are beginning to grapple with the reliability of AI generated evidence.

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