Annelise Levy

4 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Annelise Levy |James Arkin

A Ninth Circuit panel acknowledged a lower court erred in analyzing a workout app-maker’s Bike+ trademark but questioned whether the lapse is enough to revive its lawsuit accusing Peloton Interactive Inc. of infringement. A California district court bypassed analysis of the strength of World Champ Tech LLC’s mark after finding it was descriptive, even though there’s nothing in case law that says a court can do so, Judge Lucy H.

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Annelise Levy |Kartikay Mehrotra

A California federal judge is leaning toward finding Anthropic PBC violated copyright law when it made initial copies of pirated books, but that its subsequent uses to train their generative AI models qualify as fair use. “I’m inclined to say they did violate the Copyright Act but the subsequent uses were fair use,” Judge William Alsup said Thursday during a hearing in San Francisco.

3 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Annelise Levy |Stephanie Gleason

The First Circuit on Friday denied the Trump administration’s attempt to pause a preliminary injunction prohibiting the deportation of people to places other than their country of origin, so-called “third countries,” without giving them a chance to object. The administration’s emergency motion for a stay pending appeal was denied because it failed to show that it will be irreparably injured absent a stay, according to the order issued by the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

3 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Annelise Levy |James Arkin

Lady Gaga urged a federal judge to deny a surf brand’s effort to prohibit her from selling clothing bearing the word “Mayhem” while its lawsuit accusing her of trademark infringement progresses.

1 month ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Isaiah Poritz |Annelise Levy

Meta Platform Inc.'s generative AI model might theoretically obliterate the markets for copyrighted work, a federal judge said, but evidence is thin that the tech giant could have that effect on the works of authors including Sarah Silverman. “I’ve twisted myself into a pretzel,” Judge Vince Chhabria told a packed courtroom in downtown San Francisco during a nearly three-hour hearing Thursday.