Alcon Entertainment, LLC filed a lawsuit against Tesla, Inc. and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, on Monday, October 1, 2024, concerning an AI-generated fake image used to promote Tesla's new fully autonomous cybercab.
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The White Stripes File Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Trump
On Monday, September 9, 2024, the White Stripes sued Donald J. Trump and his election campaign over "flagrant misappropriation" of their song "Seven Nation Army."
NFL Players Union Sues DraftKings Over NFT Agreement
The National Football League Players Association sued DraftKings on Monday, August 26, 2024, alleging that DraftKings breached its contract related to NFL player likenesses on non-fungible tokens.
Record Companies File Lawsuits Against AI Music Generators
A group of record companies has filed lawsuits against Suno, Inc. and Uncharted Labs, Inc. in an attempt to stop the unlicensed use of copyrighted music to train generative artificial intelligence models.
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Supreme Court Rejects Time Limit on Copyright Infringement Damages
A copyright owner bringing a timely claim for infringement under the general statute of limitations can recover damages regardless of when the infringing acts occurred.
Tiger King Copyright Lawsuit Partly Revived on Appeal
The Tenth Circuit reversed a trial court's decision involving the fair use exception to copyright infringement, allowing a cameraman's lawsuit to continue against Netflix.
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DeLorean Motor Company And NBCUniversal Settle Lawsuit Over “Back To The Future” Car
On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, DeLorean Motor Company and NBCUniversal Media settled a trademark lawsuit concerning the licensing of the DeLorean trademark for use in merchandising connected to the "Back to the Future" films.
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Authors Sue NVIDIA Over NeMo AI’s Copying Of Copyrighted Works
On Friday, March 8, 2024, three authors filed a class action lawsuit against NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, alleging that NVIDIA copied their copyrighted works to train its NeMo Megatron-GPT large language model artificial intelligence software programs.
Nintendo Files Lawsuit Against Nintendo Switch Emulator Developer
On Monday, February 26, 2024, Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island, against Tropic Haze LLC, the developer of the "Yuzu" emulator.
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Choreographer Settles Copyright Lawsuit Concerning Fortnite Dance Emote
On Monday, February 12, 2024, choreographer Kyle Hanagami settled his copyright lawsuit against Epic Games, Inc. alleging that the video game developer and distributor copied his copyrighted dance moves.
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