Avery Williams

Avery Williams

McKool Smith
Avery Williams is a principal at McKool Smith in Dallas, specialising in commercial litigation and IP matters.

Contributed Articles

What Anthropic’s rejected appeal in AI case means for authors of copyrighted works

McKool Smith IP litigators Avery Williams and Joseph Micheli consider the implications of Anthropic’s recent proposed $1.5bn settlement for copyright infringement

22 Sep 2025

Anthropic, Meta fair use rulings in AI training expose judicial split on market harms

Recent US copyright rulings on Gen AI model training disputes suggests plaintiffs may need to build stronger cases around ‘market dilution’ harms, write McKool Smith lawyers Avery Williams and Joseph...

17 Jul 2025

Can you copyright AI-generated work? US Copyright Office still says no

McKool Smith lawyers Avery Williams and Joseph Micheli discuss a recent appellate court opinion that confirms only humans can author copyrightable works

12 Apr 2025