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12 February 2025NewsCopyrightSarah Speight

Thomson Reuters wins first ever AI copyright case on fair use grounds

Media giant wins partial summary judgment in non-genAI dispute | ROSS Intelligence copied editorial content from Westlaw platform to train AI-driven search tool | Precedential decision reinforces prior Supreme Court decisions in Google and Warhol.

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