By Oliver Walsh, Head of Evidence Services, Rouse In 2020, a legal research startup called ROSS Intelligence went to Thomson Reuters and asked to license Westlaw. It was told no. Westlaw's owner was not about to hand its editorial content to a company building a rival product. On the district court's findings, ROSS took another route. It paid a third party for tens of thousands of lawyer-written legal memos which had been compiled with reference to Westlaw's headnotes, the sh

Artificial intelligence developer Anthropic has received final court approval for a landmark US$1.5 billion settlement resolving copyright claims brought by a class of authors whose books were allegedly copied without permission to build a digital library used in connection with training its Claude AI models. The settlement, approved by a U.S. federal judge, is the largest copyright agreement of its kind in U.S. history and marks another significant development in the growing

Vietnam's book publishing industry is on the cusp of explosive growth, yet the old nemesis of piracy continues to undercut its potential....

Seoul, August 2025 . As reported by Torrent Freak , South Korean authorities have shut down a massive piracy operation masquerading as a...

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The Federation of Indian Publishers represents Indian publishers including Rupa Publications, S Chand and Co and international publishers...

The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is a globally recognized English proficiency test for non-native speakers,...

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Indonesia has issued a new government decree on Publishing rights and royalties. It is especially targeted at is the interplay between...

Hong Kong proposes to amend its Copyright Ordinance, (as the laws are called). The IP Department has issued a consultation paper. The...

As part of its plan to accelerate the building of a powerful IP economy, China is aiming to strengthen copyright protection in cyberspace...

Indonesian Book publisher Kompas Gramedia, has complained about publishing piracy, indicating that it is a problem for local as well as...