In Re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation addresses a class action of authors and visual artists against Google for direct copyright infringement, and its parent company, Alphabet, for vicarious infringement. This particular case stands out because the plaintiffs claim that copyright infringement occurred when the rightsholders’ works were copied into generative AI models, not that…
Trader Joe’s Company v. Trader Joe’s United is a trademark dispute wrapped in a labor relations case — or the other way around. A three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit found the latter to be true, reversing the Central District of California’s deference to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) over trademark infringement claims. Trader…
One of my mentors at the first law firm where I worked said, “You’re not a grownup until you’ve lost one you should have won, and you’ve won one that you should have lost.” In CareDX Inc. v. Natera, Inc.,plaintiff biomedical company CareDx seems to have done both, first in the District of Delaware and…
A muralist’s claim of copyright infringement had several false starts, a change of venue, and a stinging defeat on appeal – all of which could have been prevented.