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US 3rd Circuit fair-use opinion could benefit AI companies

By Nick Robertson ( April 10, 2026, 20:05 GMT | Comment) -- A recent fair-use decision in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit could show a pathway to victory for artificial intelligence companies trying to fend off copyright infringement lawsuits, but applying the precedent to AI may not be as easy as the companies want it to be. Artificial intelligence companies fighting copyright infringement suits received a welcome new legal precedent in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit this week, with the appeals court affirming the denial of a preliminary injunction against UpCodes, finding its use of copyrighted technical standards transformative under fair use....

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