The Third Circuit Finds that AI Companies Can’t Use Material with an Original “Creative spark.”

The Third Circuit finds that AI companies can’t use material with an original “creative spark.”

Last week the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which oversees the districts of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the Virgin Islands, upheld and further underlined a lower court ruling in the ongoing AI and copyright case of Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. At Courthouse News Service, Jackson Healy explains that the ruling found that materials which are changed with enough “creative spark” can be copyrightable, and therefore…

Fair Use Analysis in ‘Thomson Reuters’ Should Have Generative AI Defendants Worried

On September 29, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its decision in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, affirming the district court's summary judgment order in favor of Thomson Reuters and rejecting Ross’s fair use

Thomson Reuters: ROSS Win, Casetext Antitrust Suit Explained

The Third Circuit backed Westlaw's headnotes against ROSS. Days later, a lawsuit called the Casetext deal a killer acquisition. What it means for legal AI.

Third Circuit's market harm analysis in Thomson Reuters could shape wider AI litigation, US practitioners say

An argument that Westlaw headnotes could be licensed as AI training data worked against ROSS Intelligence, making similar arguments likely to spread to other AI-copyright disputes.