A jury must decide the outcome of a lawsuit by information services company Thomson Reuters accusing Ross Intelligence of unlawfully copying content from its legal-research platform Westlaw to train a competing artificial intelligence-based platform, a Delaware federal judge said on Monday.
"This case continues to be about Ross’ theft of Thomson Reuters proprietary commentary, analysis, and organizational system," the spokesperson said."We sought summary judgment on select issues because we believe the facts of the case are clear cut."Thomson Reuters' 2020 lawsuit accused legal research company Ross Intelligence of copying Westlaw's"headnotes," which summarize points of law in court opinions.
Ross said that the Headnotes material was used as a"means to locate judicial opinions," and that the company did not compete in the market for the materials themselves. Thomson Reuters responded that Ross copied the materials to build a direct Westlaw competitor.