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Lessons Learned from 2024 and the Year Ahead in AI Litigation

Debevoise Data Blog

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.

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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.

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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.” Longarzo * DMCAs Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law ClaimsStevens v.

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Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Regulating IP in the Metaverse with Professor Molly Van Houweling

Berkley Technology Law Journal

Much of Professor Van Houweling’s research focuses on copyright law’s implications for new information technologies. On today’s episode, my colleagues Kavya Dasari and Chris Musachio sit down with Professor Van Houweling to discuss property rights in the metaverse. And thank you for joining us today.

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Blogiversary: Guest Bloggers of the Technology & Marketing Law Blog (Part 8 of 10)

Eric Goldman

Laura Heymann (William & Mary Law) Jeffrey Hunt Angie Jin Josh King Jonathan Klinger Prof. Stacey Lantagne (now of Western New England Law) Prof. Christa Laser (Cleveland State Law) Prof. Yassine Lefouili (Toulouse School of Economics) David Levine (Elon Law) Yoram Lichtenstein Prof. Jeff Kosseff (U.S.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Section 301(a) of the Copyright Act provides that “no person is entitled to any such right or equivalent right in any such work under the common law or statutes of any State.” With that, any state or common law claim that is equivalent to copyright must therefore be preempted. But normative judgments aside, ProCD v.

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50 Legal Guides to Help Americans Understand Their Rights

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Some of them contain 50-state surveys that track variations in state laws on a key issue. Family Law Matters involving domestic relations tend to have high stakes, financially and emotionally. Many of these consequences involve the division of money and property.