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Catherine DeMetrovich

Associate

Segal McCambridge

Cate DeMetrovich is n Associate with Segal McCambridge. She concentrates her practice in the areas of toxic tort and asbestos litigation. Her diverse legal background provides a unique perspective for her clients.

Prior to joining the firm, Cate completed a research fellowship at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge, focusing on international cyber laws. During law school, Cate served as a judicial extern to Judge Catherine Stafford of the Monroe Circuit Court in Indiana and as a Summer Associate honing her litigation skills. Additionally, she served as a refugee representative intern for Human Rights First and was a Milt & Judi Stewart Overseas Externship Program Participant in the Dispute Resolution Department of a firm in Bangkok, Thailand.

Cate earned her J.D. from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. While in law school, she acted as Executive Articles Editor of the Indiana Law Journal and competed in a number of moot court competitions, namely the Jessup Moot Court Competition and the Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition. She also served as co-director of the Lawyers Without Borders Pro Bono Project for the International Law Society and was a member of Outreach for Literacy.

Recent Articles by Catherine DeMetrovich

Intent-Centered Fault Apportionment in AI Copyright Infringement

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, such as Microsoft’s Copilot and ChatGPT, have seen a drastic increase in consumer adoption. However, this rise in use has come with challenges in applying traditional copyright principles to this new field. For a work to be copyrightable in the United States, it must be the product of human authorship. The U.S. Copyright Office (“the Office”) has recently taken the position that “[w]hen an AI technology determines the expressive elements of its output, the generated material is not the product of human authorship.” Thus, if the material is not the product of human authorship, the Office will not register it. However, this position has complicated other areas of copyright law as they relate to generative AI.