Thomson Reuters Urges Third Circuit to Block Ross Intelligence’s Copyright Appeal
Thomson Reuters Centre GmbH has requested the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to deny Ross Intelligence Inc.’s attempt to reverse a key copyright ruling in a closely watched lawsuit concerning AI training practices. According to Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters argued that granting Ross’s request would open the door to excessive midstream appeals in standard legal disputes.
The legal clash stems from Thomson Reuters’ accusation that Ross Intelligence improperly used material from its Westlaw legal research platform to train an AI-driven search engine. Per Bloomberg, Ross originally approached Thomson Reuters seeking a license to utilize Westlaw’s content but was turned down. Subsequently, Ross worked with a third-party research company to create approximately 25,000 “Bulk Memos,” which included legal questions and sample answers. However, many of these memos reportedly drew heavily from Westlaw’s copyrighted headnotes, leading to the current infringement claims.
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Thomson Reuters Urges Third Circuit to Block Ross Intelligence’s Copyright Appeal
