Technology,
Intellectual Property
Oct. 3, 2025
Why the Westlaw case matters to AI, copyright and the future of machine learning
Ross Intelligence is appealing a Delaware court ruling that held its use of Thomson Reuters' copyrighted headnotes for AI training was not fair use, in a case that could have sweeping implications for how AI models legally access and learn from copyrighted material.
The opening brief in a first-of-its-kind appeal of an AI copyright infringement case was recently filed, framing the issues that could result in legal precedent reshaping the AI industry.
In Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GMBH v. Ross Intelligence Inc. (No. 1:20-cv-613), 3rd Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas, sitting by designation in the District Court of Delaware, held that AI company Ross' use of Thomson Reuters' copyrighted works to train an A...
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