In a landmark ruling from the US the United States District Court for the District of Delaware held that the AI company Ross Intelligence is not allowed to use content from Thomson Reuter’s legal research platform Westlaw for the purpose of training its AI-based platform. Ross Intelligence’s fair use defense failed. The court argued that Ross Intelligence’s use of the data was commercial in nature and non-transformative because the use did not have a “further purpose or character” apart from Thompson Reuters’ use. Moreover, Ross Inteligence’ intended purpose was to compete with Thompson Reuters.
Our copyright law expert, Dr. Ralph Graef, who is also admitted as an attorney-at-law in the USA, in an interview with Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) [Download].