Category: copyright law

Supreme Court Rejects Music Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Song Lyrics

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by music website Genius Media Group after a lower court threw out its lawsuit against Alphabet, the parent company of Google, for stealing millions of song transcripts. On June 26, Supreme Court left in place a ruling that dismissed the suit by Genius, which accused Google…


LIVE NOW: House Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Interoperability of AI and Copyright Law’

The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet holds a hearing on “Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Part I—Interoperability of AI and Copyright Law” at 10 a.m. ET on May 17. It will examine the intersection of generative artificial intelligence technology and copyright law. With testimony from Sy Damle, partner at Latham &…


House Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Interoperability of AI and Copyright Law’

The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet holds a hearing on “Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Part I—Interoperability of AI and Copyright Law” at 10 a.m. ET on May 17. It will examine the intersection of generative artificial intelligence technology and copyright law. With testimony from Sy Damle, partner at Latham &…


Supreme Court Overturns 9th Circuit Decision, Upholds Copyright Ruling Against H&M

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in a highly technical decision this morning that the often-reversed 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was wrong to invalidate a copyright infringement verdict that a clothing designer won against fashion retailer H&M. The appeal came after Vernon, California-based Unicolors won a nearly $800,000 award at the trial court-level against Sweden-based…