Category: AI training data

Key developments: The Third Circuit affirmed that Westlaw’s editorial headnotes are protectable original works and that ROSS Intelligence’s copying of roughly 2,200 headnotes to train its AI‑powered legal‑research platform infringed copyright. The court applied the traditional four‑factor fair‑use…

The Third Circuit affirmed that Westlaw’s editorial headnotes qualify for copyright protection and that ROSS Intelligence’s copying of those headnotes to train its competing legal‑research AI platform does not satisfy the fair‑use test. The court applied the traditional…

Key developments: – A federal appellate court ruled that legal headnotes are protected by copyright and that using them to train a competing AI platform does not qualify as fair use. This decision reinforces traditional copyright analysis for…