Supreme Court Asked To Consider Appeal Over AI-Created Art

By Ivan Moreno

A computer scientist who was denied a copyright for artwork created by an artificial intelligence system he built has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his appeal challenging the U.S. Copyright Office's decision.

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Analysis

OpenAI's Sora Backlash Shows IP Challenges For Tech Cos.

By Ivan Moreno

OpenAI's new version of its video-generation model Sora has highlighted the growing tension between the development of artificial intelligence technologies and intellectual property rights, with the company emphasizing an opt-in approach for copyright owners for using their works after backlash over a reported opt-out policy.

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GoPro Beats Infringement Claims In $174M Camera IP Trial

By Bonnie Eslinger and Elliot Weld

A California federal jury cleared camera giant GoPro of accusations that some of its products infringed two video camera technology patents in a case where Contour IP Holding LLC had sought $174 million in damages.

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Resort Avoids Jewish Musician's Bias Suit Over Nixed Concert

By Patrick Hoff

A California hot springs resort dodged a Jewish rock musician's lawsuit accusing the company of violating civil rights law when it canceled a Hanukkah concert he was due to perform at because of his pro-Israel views, as a federal judge ruled that he failed to connect the cancellation to his religion.

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Musk Accuses OpenAI Ex-Exec Of Subpoena 'Cat And Mouse'

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal magistrate judge is allowing Elon Musk to serve a deposition subpoena by Federal Express to a tech executive who briefly served as OpenAI's interim CEO after hearing that process servers and investigators had attempted personal service 11 times but were "stonewalled" by the woman and her security.

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Profs Say Apple Used Copyrighted Material For AI Training

By Elliot Weld

Two neuroscientists have sued Apple in California federal court, claiming it made use of their copyrighted materials to train its artificial intelligence model Apple Intelligence.

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11th Circ. Says Insurer Must Defend Atty Malpractice Suit

By Ganesh Setty

A law firm's professional liability insurer has a duty to defend it and one of its attorneys in an underlying malpractice lawsuit stemming from their representation of defendants that faced civil forfeiture claims, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Friday, finding that a "misappropriation exclusion" did not wholly foreclose coverage.

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Dish Streaming Patent Fight Sent To Utah For Witnesses' Ease

By Elliot Weld

A case brought by Pornhub's owner seeking a declaration that it did not infringe three of Dish Technologies LLC's patents could likely be litigated more conveniently in Utah, a Delaware federal judge has said in transferring the suit.

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Influencer Slams Atty DQ Bid Over Brief Call As Delay Tactic

By Lynn LaRowe

A social media optimization company's push to disqualify the law firm representing an influencer it is suing in a copyright dispute in Texas federal court is nothing more than an attempt to use a "procedural weapon to delay proceedings, increase costs, and peddle false narratives," according to a court filing.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Paddington Bear's creators and Studio Canal sue the company behind Spitting Image, Blackpool Football Club's former owner Owen Oyston bring a fresh claim against the club, and Mishcon de Reya sue a Saudi investment group.

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StubHub Sued Over Failure To Refund Swift's Eras Tour Show

By Gina Kim

Online ticket reseller StubHub regularly reneges on its "FanProtect Guarantee" to either provide comparable tickets or refund customers if the tickets they bought aren't available the day of the concert, according to a proposed class action by a woman who says she was swindled out of thousands of dollars during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

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Wash. Linebacker Seeks To Void NCAA Eligibility Limits

By Ben Adlin

University of Washington linebacker Jacob Manu is suing the NCAA over its rules limiting athletes to four seasons of competitive play, claiming the association is depriving players of the opportunity to maximize their compensation in violation of state and federal antitrust laws.

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X Corp. Workers Seek Redo On Severance Claims In Del.

By Jeff Montgomery

Six former X Corp. employees have argued in a lawsuit naming billionaire Elon Musk that a federal circuit judge was "manifestly looking in the wrong place" when he found that those who sued for severance benefits lacked standing for their claims after Twitter's merger with X Corp.

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Mass. AG Says Robinhood Suit Can't Halt Enforcement Action

By Julie Manganis

Massachusetts regulators say Robinhood is trying to make an "end run" around their efforts to enforce the Bay State's sports betting laws, in a motion asking a judge to toss the financial services platform's lawsuit against the state.

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FCC Pushes For New Rules To Help Retire Copper

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission plans to weigh a proposal this month to accelerate the transition to networks that rely on internet protocol rather than copper for voice services.

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Space Biz Could Get FCC Boost In Upper Microwave Bands

By Christopher Cole

Hoping to give a jolt to satellite industry growth, the Federal Communications Commission will look at revamping several upper microwave spectrum bands for more flexible use.

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Brief

FCC's Carr Reminds Retailers To Heed Banned Equipment List

By Christopher Cole

Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission chair, said that millions of online sales listings have been taken down because of manufacturing ties to Chinese telecoms and warned that retailers must comply with the federal ban on telecommunications devices made in foreign adversary countries.

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Chancery Resolves Caribevision TV's Control, Management

By Jeff Montgomery

A series of rulings by a Delaware vice chancellor on Friday resolved for now disputes over control of Caribevision TV Network LLC, the self-described media "eyes and ears of the Caribbean" that recently saw police called in to block an attempt to replace the company's CEO.

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Series

Adapting To Private Practice: 3 Tips On Finding The Right Job

After 23 years as a state and federal prosecutor, when I contemplated moving to a law firm, practicing solo or going in-house, I found there's a critical first step — deep self-reflection on what you truly want to do and where your strengths lie, says Rachael Jones at McKool Smith.

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As Shutdown Drags On, Judiciary To Face Belt-Tightening

By Courtney Bublé

With no end in sight to the government shutdown, the situation for the federal judiciary will get worse after Friday.

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Analysis

Has The 9th Circ.'s Rightward Shift Ended Bids To Split It?

By Cara Bayles

Republican lawmakers have long dreamed of breaking up the nation's largest appellate court. But that fervor has diminished as the Ninth Circuit's balance of Democratic and Republican appointees has evened out in recent years, upending the circuit's status as a culture war lightning rod.

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Analysis

Voting Rights Case Could Further Chief's 'Central Project'

By Katie Buehler

As a 20-something special assistant in President Ronald Reagan's Department of Justice, John G. Roberts Jr. argued a test focused on the discriminatory effects of legislative redistricting on minority voters would be unconstitutional. Now, four decades later and as chief justice of the United States, he has a chance to make that view the law of the land.

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Judge Denies Gov't's 'Overbroad' Comey Discovery Proposal

By Jared Foretek

A Virginia federal judge has shot down prosecutors' recommendations for a protective order covering discovery material such as law enforcement documents and private communications in its case against ex-FBI Director James Comey, calling the proposal "overbroad" as it would have kept Comey's attorneys from leaving discovery material with Comey himself.

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Florida Supreme Court Rejects Bid For Bondi Ethics Probe

By Madison Arnold

The Supreme Court of Florida has ended an attorney's attempt to force the Florida Bar to investigate U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for alleged unethical conduct after finding that he failed to show a clear legal right to do so.

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Brief

California Bans Fee Sharing With 'Alternative' Law Firms

By Bonnie Eslinger

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that blocks Golden State lawyers and firms from sharing contingency fees with out-of-state firms owned by non-lawyers.

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Feature

Attys Suspect AI In Police Surveillance Could Lead To Bias

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A panel of Pennsylvania attorneys speaking on advances in the use of artificial intelligence in criminal justice and surveillance expressed concern over the potential misuse of such technologies, predicting they could result in rights violations on both individual and mass scales.

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Ex-Fujitec Atty May Sue Over Defamation But Not Race Bias

By Emily Sawicki

A Cincinnati federal judge has ended racial discrimination claims brought by the former top lawyer for Fujitec America against the elevator company, while leaving intact a defamation claim the attorney is pursuing against a colleague who he said made bogus allegations leading to his firing.

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Calif. Bar Won't Tweak Scores Despite Accommodation Errors

By Emily Sawicki

The committee in charge of overseeing the California bar exam has announced it will not be seeking further score adjustments for test-takers whose approved accommodations were not provided in the fraught February 2025 exam.

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Wash. To Launch Portal For Entities Applying To Practice Law

By Ben Adlin

Applications for businesses and nonprofits to provide legal services in Washington state will go live next week, the Washington State Bar Association announced Tuesday, a major milestone in a state Supreme Court-approved plan to expand who can practice law.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz and Jeff Montgomery

Last week at the Delaware Chancery Court, Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will ruled that Carlos Vasallo remains the CEO of Caribevision TV Network LLC, finding that majority investors' attempt to remove him under a defective 2019 agreement was invalid for lack of proper notice.

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Skinny Labels, Orange Book Take Center Stage In IP Talks

By Dani Kass

Patent litigators focused on pharmaceuticals and biotechnology met Tuesday to work through the biggest issues in their industries, including possible reform to skinny label law, frustration with position-switching in litigation, concerns about when to list patents in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Orange Book and data on the relatively low impact of new policies at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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