Blake Brittain
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Reporter covering intellectual property at Reuters Legal. Misplaced North Carolinian, music nerd -- talk to me about IP, BBQ, or R.E.M. Signal: blakebrittain.22
Trump's Maduro ultimatum, Ukraine, Honduras and music copyright reut.rs/4paFRGN
Trump's Maduro ultimatum, Ukraine, Honduras and music copyright
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro is running out of options after U.S. President Donald Trump gave him an ultimatum in a November phone call.
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A cognitively impaired New Jersey man grew infatuated with a Meta chatbot originally created in partnership with celebrity influencer Kendall Jenner. His fatal attraction shines a light on Meta's guidelines for its AI chatbots reut.rs/45DQIRj @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social
For months, we have been talking with lawyers and non-profit leaders to see what kind of impact President Trump's crackdown on the U.S. legal industry has had on major law firms that do pro bono work for advocacy groups. We found that major law firms are indeed pulling back.
Trump’s war on Big Law leads firms to retreat from ’pro bono’ work for underdogs
Major law firms are scaling back the free work they do for advocacy groups fighting the government in the wake of Donald Trump’s attacks on the profession. Interviews with over 60 lawyers and 30 nonprofits show legal aid groups now have fewer resources to defend the vulnerable.
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The first judge to consider fair use in one of these blockbuster AI copyright cases seemed skeptical of Meta's argument yesterday, which could be a big deal for big tech:
Judge in Meta case weighs key question for AI copyright lawsuits
A federal judge in San Francisco will hear arguments from Meta Platforms and a group of authors in the first court hearing over a pivotal question in high-stakes copyright cases over AI training.
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GlobalFoundries and IBM settle dueling lawsuits claiming that GlobalFoundries breached a contract with IBM and that IBM misused the chipmaker's trade secrets (Blake Brittain/Reuters) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
The new year may bring pivotal developments in a series of copyright lawsuits that could shape the future business of artificial intelligence. More on this from @blakebrittain.bsky.social reut.rs/3VZXHjh
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against approximately two dogs.
US President Joe Biden has enacted a law banning the recognition of trademarks confiscated by the Cuban government, cementing Bacardi's rights to the 'Havana Club' rum brand in the United States following a long-running legal dispute reut.rs/49jcD1w @blakebrittain.bsky.social
The producers of Broadway play 'Stereophonic' settled a lawsuit brought by Fleetwood Mac producer Ken Caillat over accusations of copying his memoir about the making of the band's legendary album 'Rumours,' according to a filing in New York federal court reut.rs/3D7fM8l @blakebrittain.bsky.social
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Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · 2y agoUS President-elect Donald Trump and 'Electric Avenue' singer Eddy Grant have settled a copyright lawsuit over Trump's use of Grant's 1983 hit song in a social media post during his 2020 presidential campaign, according to a filing in New York federal court reut.rs/3Zh6nDR @blakebrittain.bsky.social
