Introduction
In Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence,[1] Judge Stephanos Bibas of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware recently issued a summary judgment regarding AI training, copyright infringement, and the fair use doctrine. It is now pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. According to Judge Stephanos Bibas, Ross Intelligence infringed on the copyright of the Westlaw legal database by copying the same for the training of its AI search tool. The decision is considered the first of its kind concerning AI training, copyright and fair use. Currently, several copyright litigations over training generative AI are pending. None of them has been decided yet. Therefore, this decision warrants further analysis, as it may offer valuable insights for AI training, copyright infringement, and copyright exceptions. This paper aims to do so by analysing this decision. The paper is designed in the following way. Parts II and III of this paper outline the context of the dispute and the court's decision. Part IV presents an analysis of the decision, and Part V highlights some key insights from it. Part VI concludes the discussion.
[1] THOMSON REUTERS ENTERPRISE CENTRE GMBH and WEST PUBLISH ING CORP., Plaintiffs, v. ROSS INTELLIGENCE INC., Defendant.IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE (No. 1:20-cv-613-SB) (February 11, 2025), https://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/opinions/20-613_5.pdf
