In Westlaw Today, IP Attorneys Examine Anthropic’s Landmark Copyright Settlement and Implications for AI Developers and Enterprise Users

In The News
September 10, 2025

In a Westlaw Today article, IP attorneys examined the significance of Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement with a class of authors and publishers who alleged copyright infringement arising from Anthropics’s use of copyrighted materials to train its generative AI Models.

The article summarizes the key terms of the proposed settlement and analyzes its broader implications for AI developers, enterprise users, and rights holders in the AI ecosystem.

The article was authored by Regina Sam Penti, a partner in the technology and IP transactions practice and co-lead of the firm’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry group, IP litigation partner Matt Rizzolo and Yam Schaal, an associate in the intellectual property transactions and licensing practice.