A federal judge in Delaware on Tuesday said that a former competitor of Thomson Reuters was not permitted by U.S. copyright law to copy the information and technology company’s content to build a competing artificial intelligence-based legal platform.
U.S. Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas’ decision against defunct legal-research firm Ross Intelligence marks the first U.S. ruling on the closely watched question of fair use in AI-related copyright litigation.
Fair use is a principle that allows the unauthorized use of copyright-protected works under certain circumstances. The legal theory represents a key defense for tech companies including OpenAI,