The current legal framework in the UK does not allow copying of copyright-protected material for training generative AI models, except where it is carried out with permission of the copyright owner or done in a research or study context and for purely non-commercial purposes.
This matter deals with the Claimant’s (‘TVIS’) allegation of infringement and misrepresentation in relation to its “VETSURE” trade mark by the Defendant (‘Howserv’s’) “PETSURE” trade mark, used for pet insurance. In the first instance decision, the claim was dismissed due to the marks being highly descriptive and “not…
…the online influential parenting platform, Mumsnet, has launched a legal complaint against OpenAI, the developer of chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the AI company of scraping billions of words and content from the site without consent…
The short answer is yes, depending on the facts, although a recent case in the UK’s Supreme Court has made it harder to sue individual employees or directors in addition to their employer. Background It sometimes comes as an unwelcome surprise to named defendants in intellectual property infringement…
Online influential parenting platform, Mumsnet, has launched a legal complaint against OpenAI, the developer of chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the AI company of scraping billions of words and content from the site without consent. While many organisations have raised concerns about tech companies creating, developing and training AI tools…