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Ross Intelligence urges US appeals court to undo Thomson Reuters' win in copyright case

( January 12, 2026, 19:14 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Ross Intelligence filed a reply brief in support of a US appeals court reversing a judgment in favor of Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement of certain Westlaw headnotes and against Ross’ affirmative defenses, calling the answering brief “a hallucination.” “On originality, for example, West handpicks a ‘creative’ sample headnote but 39 of the 43 words are copied words from the corresponding judicial opinion. On fair use, West’s brief focuses on the Westlaw platform, but ROSS used .08% of West headnotes and nothing else,” Ross said.See attached file. ...

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