Reuters Hits Back at Bid for Quick Appeal of AI Fair Use Win

Thomson Reuters pressed a federal judge to reject Ross Intelligence Inc.'s request to bless its midstream appeal of an order holding its AI-powered legal tool’s ingestion of Westlaw headnotes isn’t fair use under copyright law and to push back a looming trial.

Ross is seeking an interlocutory appeal of district court rulings on fair use and the copyrightability of Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH’s content. Reuters countered that answering those questions requires fact-intensive analysis improper for an appellate court, in its opposition filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware. Ross’ argument that the district court ...