Publishers Seek to Join Class Action Against Google — “At the heart of the lawsuit is the charge that, in the rush to build its Generative AI Gemini product, Google illegally copied millions of books rather than reach licensing deals with copyright owners. The result is a Gemini product that, the complaint charges, competes directly with books in the market.”
Copyright in Congress: 2025 Year in Review — “Most Congressional activities in 2025 were focused on two main issues: (1) AI and copyright and (2) judicial site blocking measures against commercial piracy websites. This blog summarizes some of the bills introduced and some notable hearings from 2025, and what issues Congress will likely focus on in 2026.”
Ninth Circuit dispensing with intrinsic copyright infringement test — “The key issue arising from the case is the acknowledgement of the Ninth Circuit itself that the intrinsic test ‘has lost its legal content’ and that it has ‘fundamental flaws’. Despite agreeing with the Court’s findings, Judges Wardlaw and Johnstone suggested that the ultimate outcome is inappropriate and that it is now time to dispense with the intrinsic test.”
Vietnam’s New IP Law: The General Direction Makes Sense but Regulatory Details will be Key — “Throwing the cultural sector under the bus in the hopes of attracting some ephemeral hi-tech AI jobs is a false bargain. Strong cultural industries enable the development of strong content licensing markets for AI development, enabling a virtuous circle of further creativity.”
Shenzhen Court Affirms Copyright Protection for Industrial Embedded Software via Judicial Forensics — “In a detailed decision involving micro-dispensing technology, the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court leveraged expert forensic appraisal and in-court technical verification to find that a competitor’s embedded firmware infringed a German manufacturer’s software copyrights.”