Ross Urges Review of Key AI Copyright Questions in Westlaw Case

Ross Intelligence, a legal tech startup, outlined key arguments for why the Third Circuit should review a judge’s ruling rejecting its fair use defense before proceeding with a copyright infringement case brought by Thomson Reuters.

Ross criticized a decision by District Judge Stephanos Bibas, who changed his mind and acknowledged grounds for differences of opinion after reversing his earlier position on Thomson Reuters Enterprises Centre GmbH’s Westlaw headnotes. Ross argued Monday that headnotes, short key points of law extracted from long court opinions, lack originality because “industry conventions and functionality dictate” editorial decisions and they merely “parrot judicial opinions.”

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