Dallas Principal Avery Williams was featured in a World IP Review article discussing the recent settlement of a historic class action lawsuit filed against Anthropic by several authors who allege Anthropic used pirated books to train Claude, its AI model.
The settlement comes at a time when AI companies across the world are grappling with multiple copyright infringement claims from various creators, including authors, publishers, and musicians.
Considering Anthropic’s potential exposure in the suit, Avery noted "Against this backdrop and the potential of facing hundreds of thousands of infringement claims, reaching a settlement was on the cards for Anthropic."
Avery is co-chair of McKool Smith’s trade-secret practice and also focuses on representing clients in emerging copyright disputes concerning infringement related to AI-generated images. He is the author of McKool Smith’s AI Litigation Tracker, which provides weekly updates to monitor breaking developments related to key generative AI-focused copyright infringement-related litigations impacting the media and entertainment sectors.
Click here to view the World IP Review article, "Anthropic Avoids Damages Risk in Deal With Authors Over AI Training."