James G. Gatto

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I advise companies on IP and other legal issues with blockchain, social media, games, virtual currency, eSports and fantasy sports and gambling

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HARD ROCK META PIXEL SUIT GETS NO RESERVATION: When Booking a Room Doesn’t Book a CIPA Claim

2 weeks ago | natlawreview.com | Blake Landis |James G. Gatto |Lynn L. Bergeson |Carla N. Hutton

Greetings, CIPAWorld!I’m back with the latest, and we’ve got a fresh ruling out of the Eastern District of California that highlights just how tricky it can be for plaintiffs to plead viable CIPA claims based on pixel tracking technology. The decision in King v. Hard Rock Cafe Int’l, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-01119-DC-CKD, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109123 (E.D. Cal.
AI Drives Need For New Open Source Licenses - Linux Publishes The OpenMDW License

1 month ago | mondaq.com | James G. Gatto

For many reasons, existing open source licenses are not a goodfit for AI. Simply put, AI involves more than just software andmost open source licenses are designed primarily for software. Muchwork has been done by many groups to assess the open source licenserequirements for AI. For example, the OSI has published its version of an AIopen source definition –The Open Source AI Definition –1.0. Recently, the Linux Foundation published adraft of the Open Model Definition and Weight (OpenMDW)License.
AI Drives Need for New Open Source Licenses – Linux Publishes the OpenMDW License | JD Supra

1 month ago | jdsupra.com | James G. Gatto

For many reasons, existing open source licenses are not a good fit for AI. Simply put, AI involves more than just software and most open source licenses are designed primarily for software. Much work has been done by many groups to assess the open source license requirements for AI.
AI Drives Need for New Open Source Licenses – Linux Publishes the OpenMDW License

1 month ago | natlawreview.com | James G. Gatto

For many reasons, existing open source licenses are not a good fit for AI. Simply put, AI involves more than just software and most open source licenses are designed primarily for software. Much work has been done by many groups to assess the open source license requirements for AI.
Copyright Office Report On Training AI And Fair Use

1 month ago | mondaq.com | James G. Gatto

SM Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton More Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with over 1,000 attorneys in 16 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927, companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the US, the firm’s clients include more than half of the Fortune 100.
Copyright Office Report on Training AI and Fair Use | JD Supra

1 month ago | jdsupra.com | James G. Gatto

The Copyright Office released a “Pre-publication” version of Part 3 of its Report on Copyright and AI. Coincidentally (?) Shira Perlmuter, the Register of Copyrights, was fired amid a shakeup at the Copyright Office. The Report was also supposed to address infringement issues, but did not. Those issued will now be addressed in a Part 4 of the Report. A more detailed summary will be provided, but some high level takeaways are as follows.
CSBS Flags Key Risks In Draft Stablecoin Legislation

2 months ago | mondaq.com | James G. Gatto |Alexander J. Lazar |Maxwell Earp-Thomas

SM Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton More Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with over 1,000 attorneys in 16 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927, companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the US, the firm’s clients include more than half of the Fortune 100.
Court Grants Interlocutory Appeal On AI Fair Use Issue

2 months ago | mondaq.com | James G. Gatto

We previously reported on the groundbreaking AI Fair Useruling in the Thomson Reuters Ross Intelligence case, where thecourt found that based on the facts of this case fair use was not adefense. Ross Intelligence moved, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1292(b), for certification of the Court's Order, forinterlocutory appeal and for a stay pending that appeal. The Courthas now granted that request.
CSBS Flags Key Risks in Draft Stablecoin Legislation | JD Supra

2 months ago | jdsupra.com | James G. Gatto |Alexander J. Lazar |Maxwell Earp-Thomas

On April 1, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) submitted a letter to the House Financial Services Committee expressing concerns with an introduced draft of H.R. 2392—the Stablecoin Transparency and Accountability for a Better Ledger Economy (STABLE) Act of 2025 (the “Act”)—which purports to stablish a comprehensive regulatory framework for payment stablecoins in the U.S. In the letter, CSBS expresses support for the development of a national framework for payment stablecoin...
CSBS Raises Concerns Over STABLE Act’s Federal Framework

2 months ago | natlawreview.com | James G. Gatto

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