Inc., the court found that Westlaw’s headnotes exhibited enough of a “creative spark” to be considered “original,” “copyrightable” works and that Ross’ use of Westlaw headnotes to ...

Though headnotes have enough creative elements to be subject to copyright protection, they are relatively less creative than many other works. The court considered this factor to be less important ...

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Revising his opinion from the 2023 summary judgment ruling, Judge Bibas now found enough originality in Westlaw’s headnotes to find no genuine dispute on that fact. “More than that, each ...

The headnotes must contain a “minimum ‘spark’ of originality” to be considered legal under copyright law, Bibas said. “The key question, then, is whether a work is original, ...

In February, Bibas ruled that ROSS had infringed on 2,2243 of Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw headnotes when training its research platform.

Thomson Reuters owns Westlaw, a major legal research platform containing case law, statutes, regulations, and editorial content like headnotes. Westlaw organizes this content using its copyrighted ...