Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck
Washington law firm acting for publishers in AI copyright suits.
Rothwell Figg has advised on website rights since the 1990s. Its intellectual-property practice now includes publisher representation, AI licensing and questions about rights in training data and generated output.
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Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck is a US law firm working across intellectual property, litigation and technology. It advises clients on protecting inventions and creative work, licensing rights and resolving disputes. The Firm’s website-content practice dates to the 1990s and covers domain names, copyright registration and the use of third-party material online. [Rothwell Figg](https://www.rothwellfigg.com/whatwedo-legal-domain-names-and-website-content).
Its AI practice brings that work into questions about training data, generated output and content distribution. The Firm represents news publishers and also advises technology developers and businesses adopting AI. Its stated services include licensing, governance policies, patent protection, trade secrets and confidentiality. These are distinct forms of legal work: representing a publisher’s allegation does not establish that a court has accepted it. [AI practice](https://www.rothwellfigg.com/whatwedo-legal-artificial-intelligence).
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