Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

McDermott, represented by the Sanders Law Group, sued KMC for copyright infringement. The defendant conceded summary judgment on liability, and the court held a trial on damages. This post covers the court’s ruling following the damages trial. The court runs through multiple considerations: Defendant’s state of mind.

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Yesterday, I attended the Harvard Law AI Summit organized by the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School. Armed with AI, pro se litigants could overwhelm the courts, so the courts need to be prepared to respond in kind. Even as law firms adopt AI, they are finding implementation to be a challenge.

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Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 19, 2024

On Friday, I spoke to a group of trial lawyers on the use of generative AI in litigation. Many in the room were that increasingly rare breed of lawyer who actually go into court and try cases. Of several that I spoke to before and after my talk, they were proud of their courtroom skills […]

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The key is crafting you patent not only for breadth, but with an eye toward litigation. The goal is for competitors to look at your patent and decide they would rather stay out of your market or pay you a licensing fee than try to fight your patent in court. This involves lawsuits, settlements, and sometimes courtroom battles.

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 29, 2025

Amazon , where Xiaohua Huang, a pro se litigant, attempted to enforce his patents against Amazon. The court ultimately dismissed his case, citing his persistent failures to address these issues. The court ultimately dismissed his case, citing his persistent failures to address these issues.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 12, 2025

” The plaintiffs brought a pre-enforcement challenge to the law, but the court denies a preliminary injunction. The court explains: Deepfakes are image, audio, or video files that mimic real or nonexistent people saying and doing things that never happened. The court does realize the overlap here, right?

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In my last post , I discussed how evolving technology will continue to influence our relationships and thus, impact family law. However, unlike phone calls, text messages leave a written record that can later be reviewed, and, in some cases, used as evidence in court. This is often the case in family law matters.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In other words… plaintiffs are once again arguing that deploying biometric-based age authentication violates privacy law. (I Note: some laws, like Australia, ban authenticators from using government IDs for authentication purposes, leaving few remaining viable options other than face scans). See Kuklinski v.Binance ).

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Brett Trout

APRIL 21, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the main court for resolving patent issues) issued a significant decision in Recentive Analytics, Inc. The Court’s Analysis Applying the two-step framework from Alice Corp. Brett Trout On April 18, 2025, the U.S. Fox Corp. (No.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In addition to educating the public and helping develop policies, the agency can bring legal actions against people or businesses that have allegedly violated consumer protection laws. The Consumer Protection Law Center at Justia provides more details about how the FTC helps protect consumers from deceptive and unfair business practices.

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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. Showing Substantial Similarity of Generative AI Outputs.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

In a world where most information is easy to come by, sometimes important and crucial information, such as laws and the legal resources surrounding them, are restricted from those who need it most. Keep watch as Tim guides you through the best sources for free legal research! More Questions?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Some people also may find it a hassle to comply with the strict requirements under state law for starting and operating a corporation. Advantages include tax benefits and a court system with special expertise in corporate issues. In states where theyre more often allowed, courts will look at whether theyre reasonable.

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 17, 2025

Even for smaller cases, where the damages are less than $1 million, the patent litigation costs average $700,000. While a contingent fee arrangement does not cover third-party costs such as expert witness fees, they cover attorneys fees which typically make up the vast majority of litigation costs. What Is a Contingent Fee Structure?

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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. law to add supporting case law.

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Above the Law - Technology

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The litigation analytics company Lex Machina has completed what it describes as a milestone expansion of its data set of court documents, adding another 500,000 federal district court cases so that it now has full coverage of virtually every civil case filed in federal district courts anywhere in the United States.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

While the CCPAs proposed rules are promising, they still diverge in key respects from the GDPR Europes comprehensive data protection law that has been setting the standard since 2018. Consent: Opt-Out vs. Opt-In Perhaps the most fundamental difference between the CCPA and GDPR lies in their consent frameworks. This is an opt-in regime.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In other words, the plaintiffs are trying to use venerable legal doctrines to create a common-law notice-and-takedown scheme. The court dismisses the case entirely with leave to amend. Such allegations fail to state a claim under products liability law. This doctrinal move doesn’t work. Strict Products Liability.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 4, 2023

As exciting as generative AI can be, it raises certain questions involving copyright law. 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. However, the U.S.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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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Clio

APRIL 17, 2025

This is where law firm predictive analytics come to the rescue. By leveraging AI and other technologies, law firms can uncover patterns and trends across vast datasetsturning raw information into actionable insight. What is predictive analytics for law firms?

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Above the Law - Technology

MAY 30, 2023

In a first for an e-discovery technology company, Chicago-based Nextpoint is launching an Arizona law firm June 1 under that state’s liberalized law practice rules that allow non-lawyers to own law practices. Its lawyers will not appear in court. ” Leading the firm as managing partner is Andrew R.

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Brett Trout

APRIL 10, 2025

Because patent law isnt just about filling out forms and submitting diagrams. Why Litigation Experience Matters in a Patent Attorney One of the most overlooked but highly valuable assets in a patent attorney is litigation experience specifically, experience arguing patent cases in federal court.

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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. “We expect that the New York and Texas courts will rule in favor of our clients,” attorney Shah said in her email.

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LawSites

AUGUST 5, 2021

Lightning Law Technologies , a Seattle startup developing software for remote testimony and legal proceedings, has raised a $1 million seed, which the company will use to accelerate development of its platform. The company describes its mission as “to facilitate online justice.”. CEO Alisa Brodkowitz.

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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.

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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 7, 2023

The court dismisses the lawsuit on several grounds, including res judicata. With respect to the social media services’ status as publishers, the court says: the plaintiff’s RICO claims depend on Twitter and Facebook’s acting as publishers. The post Laura Loomer Loses Litigation (Again)–Loomer v. The complaint.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 11, 2025

Skechers (2016) Nike took Skechers to court for allegedly infringing eight Nike patents, including patents covering the Flyknit technology. The sportswear giant has sued multiple competitors over its Flyknit technology, including: Adidas (2021) Nike accused AdidasPrimeknitshoes of infringing on Flyknit patents. The case was settled in 2022.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In the intricate realm of patent litigation, the choice of legal representation can significantly influence the outcome of a case. While you want your patent lawyer to zealously represent your interests in court, having a lawyer who is too aggressive can backfire spectacularly. Brett Trout In a word, yes.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As a former litigator, Schafer experienced firsthand the frustrating scramble to finalize briefs and prepare filings. Rigorous security and confidentiality controls provide the trust needed to gain adoption at top law firms. Schafer explains the AI doesn’t hallucinate text from scratch, avoiding ethical pitfalls.

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Martindale-Avvo

JANUARY 7, 2025

There are three major developing trends in family law that were going to focus more on in the near future: Alternate Dispute Resolution Over the past several years, we have seen a larger focus on keeping matters out of court. If you have a family law issue or would like her to speak about legal issues, you can connect with Ms.

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Clio

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Treating people fairly and equitably when resolving conflict or disputes may seem like common sense, but it doesnt always happen in practiceparticularly in the justice system In this post, well explore procedural justice and why its important in the practice of law and the courtroom. What are the 4 pillars of procedural justice?

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LawSites

MARCH 19, 2024

You may know it more through its brands, including ServeNow for finding process servers, One Legal for California court filing, LawToolBox for court calendaring, and the Legal Talk Network group of legal podcasts. says the company is on a mission to innovate and even revolutionize litigation services and the litigation workflow.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

Managing an increasing volume of cases and court deadlines– sometimes in multiple jurisdictions – is one of the biggest time management challenges for law firms. . The court ordered additional briefings, but the lawyer then missed multiple deadlines, claiming earlier orders were lost among numerous notifications on his mobile phone.

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Wisblawg

MAY 8, 2025

The Free Law Project recently announced its intention to build a citator using AI. Citators, such as Shepards and KeyCite, answer the foundational question of whether the case law you are using is good law, bad law, or somewhere in between.

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MatterSuite

APRIL 4, 2023

As a litigation lawyer, you have the power to influence the outcome of a case and help your clients achieve justice. However, becoming a successful litigator requires more than just legal expertise. In this blog post, we’ll explore the key steps you can take to become a successful litigation lawyer.

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