Intellectual Property Protection, Indemnity

Ongoing Legal Battles Over AI Copyright Infringement: Implications for Tech Companies

HaystackID on 8/28/2024

The ongoing legal battle between several visual artists and generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, including Midjourney and Stability AI, has significant implications for copyright law and its application to AI...more

M&A in the AI Era: Key Deal Terms To Watch

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/25/2024

The accelerated development of artificial intelligence (AI) has shown the transformative potential of the technology across industries, making it an integral part of strategic planning for market participants, from technology...more

Anthropic Joins the Party, Offers Copyright Shield to Enterprise AI Customers

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 12/20/2023

On December 19, 2023, AI research company Anthropic announced that it had updated and made publicly available its Commercial Terms of Service (effective Jan 1, 2024) to, among other things, indemnify its enterprise Claude API...more

OpenAI Joins Other Generative AI Companies in Offering Indemnity for Users Against (Some) Third-Party Infringement Claims

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 11/17/2023

For users of generative AI programs, a growing concern has been with potential liability resulting from infringement claims by copyright owners whose materials were used to train the AI. At its annual DevDay conference in...more

Microsoft to Indemnity Users of Copilot AI Software – Leveraging Indemnity to Help Manage Generative AI Legal Risk

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/12/2023

The rapid growth of generative AI (GAI) has taken the world by storm. The uses of GAI are many as are the legal issues. If your employees are using GAI, they may be subjecting your company to many unwanted and potentially...more

Beware the Empty Chair in Marital Divorce Negotiations: Company Ownership Issues Should Be Considered in Divorce Settlements

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/16/2022

Divorcing spouses often have a number of business issues to resolve, but one key aspect that is often overlooked takes place when divorce settlements involve the division of an ownership interest in a private company. ...more

Canadian courts show trend of awarding higher costs in IP litigation

Smart & Biggar on 11/12/2020

Every IP litigant has the same questions on their mind: “If I win, how much of my legal costs can I recover? And if I lose, how much will I have to pay?” These are important questions, and the answers now may be different...more

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