ROSS claims that the restrictive licensing conditions of Westlaw "stifle innovation (…) new companies would find ways to incorporate Westlaw’s database into their products, or build technology that allows their search engines to be compatible with Westlaw’s database.”
This argument is quite similar to the one made by the General Court in Microsoft (Case T-201/04), regarding the fact that a refusal to supply might prevent technical development.
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It might end up reshaping our information system and the entire AI industry: in the US, in Europe, across the world.