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English translation of Munich District Court rejetion of authorship in prompt-engineered logos. Court leaves open door for authorship in other prompt-engineered works made with human creative influence or personality

The Munich District Court ruled against authorship under German copyright law for three logos generated by a person using AI using prompts. But the Court left open the door for authorship in other works where the human has made sufficient creative influence over the output manifesting the personality of the author: “Copyright protection is therefore…
Read more: English translation of Munich District Court rejetion of authorship in prompt-engineered logos. Court leaves open door for authorship in other prompt-engineered works made with human creative influence or personality
Judge Lin gets assigned Concord Music v. Anthropic II for now. Other new cases assigned.

Some of the recent AI copyright lawsuits have been assigned. They are listed below. 1. Judge Rita F. Lin was assigned Concord Music Group v. Anthropic II. But there’s a pending motion for Judge Eumi Lee to consider relating the case to Concord Music v. Anthropic I. If Judge Lee does so, the second case…
Read more: Judge Lin gets assigned Concord Music v. Anthropic II for now. Other new cases assigned.
OpenAI strikes again: hires Peter Steinberger who created OpenClaw aka Moltbot for autonomous AI agents

Sam Altman announced OpenAI’s hiring of Peter Steinberger over the weekend. Steinberger’s OpenClaw open-source project for autonomous AI agents has already cause quite a stir. Steinberger was recently interviewed by Lex Friedman. OpenClaw was a nonprofit project. Steinberger himself was donating $10K to $20K a month to the project. Steinberger, then still on his own,…
Read more: OpenAI strikes again: hires Peter Steinberger who created OpenClaw aka Moltbot for autonomous AI agents
Hollywood studios roiled by Seedance AI video pitting Brad Pitt v. Tom Cruise

Similar to what happened when Midjourney released its new video generator that enabled users to create videos with Hollywood studios’ animated characters, the video generator Seedance, owned by Chinese-based Bytedance, has roiled Hollywood studios. The AI-generated video that caused the greatest uproar was one pitting Brad Pitt against Tom Cruise: Disney swiftly sent a cease-and-desist…
Read more: Hollywood studios roiled by Seedance AI video pitting Brad Pitt v. Tom Cruise
Is OpenAI the Gorgon as Elon Musk’s Complaint v. Sam Altman alleges?

It’s not every day that the opening line of a lawsuit complaint includes a reference to the Gorgons, the Greek mythology monster of three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snakes on their heads. Leave it to Elon Musk to make the analogy between the Gorgons and OpenAI: Never before has a corporation gone from…
Read more: Is OpenAI the Gorgon as Elon Musk’s Complaint v. Sam Altman alleges?
World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total =107 (Feb. 15, 2026) Only 7 decisions on AI training so far

Here’s the latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. The new total is 107 copyright suits v. AI companies: 81 copyright suits in United States + 26 copyrights suits in other countries, Canada falling in second with 12. DOWNLOAD THE LATEST WORLD MAP OF COPYRIGHT SUITS V. AI COMPANIES Only 7 Decisions on…
Read more: World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total =107 (Feb. 15, 2026) Only 7 decisions on AI training so far
U.S Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 81 (Feb. 14, 2026)

Here’s the latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 81 copyright suits. We added the recently filed lawsuit Kleiner v. Adobe in the Northern District of California, another case using the Shadow Library Strategy. DOWNLOAD THE PDF OF THE MAP WITH LINKS TO EACH DOCKET:
Read more: U.S Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 81 (Feb. 14, 2026)
There’s a good chance the Supreme Court grants cert in its 1st AI case, Thaler v. Perlmutter. Issue involves authorship.

The Supreme Court has distributed the cert petition in Thaler v. Perlmutter for its upcoming conference in two weeks, on Feb. 27, 2026. The Question Presented: “Whether works outputted by an artificial intelligence (AI) system without a direct, traditional authorial contribution by a natural person can be copyrighted.” While many Supreme Court watchers might not…
Read more: There’s a good chance the Supreme Court grants cert in its 1st AI case, Thaler v. Perlmutter. Issue involves authorship.
Judge Lee instructs Plaintiffs in AI copyright suit v. Google to define the proposed classes ahead of Feb. 20 class certification hearing

Judge Lee wants the plaintiffs in In re Google Generative AI Litigation to provide the precise definition of the classes they are seeking certification of. Apparently, in their briefing, the plaintiffs have shifted the definition over the course of the litigation. The hearing is Feb. 20, 2026, 1 PM PDT in San Jose.
Read more: Judge Lee instructs Plaintiffs in AI copyright suit v. Google to define the proposed classes ahead of Feb. 20 class certification hearing
Disney seeking service of complaint v. China-based MiniMax via Hague Convention

Disney’s lawsuit against MiniMax, a China-based AI company, has not gotten off the ground. Disney is seeking to serve the complaint on MiniMax via the Hague Convention. Judge Blumenfeld, Jr., set May 8, 2026 for a status conference:
Read more: Disney seeking service of complaint v. China-based MiniMax via Hague Convention
Judge Polk Failla extends discovery to Oct. 19, 2026 in Dow Jones v. Perplexity AI

Judge Polk Failla granted the parties’ request for an extension of discovery in Dow Jones & Co. v. Perplexity AI: Expert Discovery due by 10/19/2026. Fact Discovery due by 7/20/2026. Set/Reset Hearings: Pretrial Conference set for 9/15/2026 at 11:00 AM in Courtroom 618, 40 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge Katherine Polk Failla.
Read more: Judge Polk Failla extends discovery to Oct. 19, 2026 in Dow Jones v. Perplexity AI
Judge Thompson expedites consideration of motions to sever omnibus copyright suit filed by author John Carreyrou v. AI industry

Judge Trina Thompson moved up the consideration of defendant AI companies’ motion to sever the omnibus copyright lawsuit that book author John Carreyrou filed against nearly the entire U.S. AI industry: OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Perplexity AI, xAI, and Google. Order re Defendants’ Motions to Sever: Any Defendant intending to file a motion to sever shall…
Read more: Judge Thompson expedites consideration of motions to sever omnibus copyright suit filed by author John Carreyrou v. AI industry
Google seeks to spoil author John Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright suit v. the AI industry for improper joinder under Federal Rules

Leave it to Google to spoil the potential omnibus copyright lawsuit author John Carreyrou, who opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, against nearly the entire AI industry in the United States: OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Perplexity AI, xAI, and Google. Google brings up the pesky Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20. Google contends the…
Read more: Google seeks to spoil author John Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright suit v. the AI industry for improper joinder under Federal Rules
Video of oral argument in Doe 1 v. Github before 9th Circuit

Hope to have reflections on today’s oral argument later today. But here is the video.
Read more: Video of oral argument in Doe 1 v. Github before 9th Circuit
Link for 9th Circuit livestream of oral argument in Doe 1 v. Github, Microsoft, and OpenAI

The 9th Circuit oral argument in Doe 1 v. Github is tomorrow Feb. 11 at 9 AM PDT in Courtroom 1 in San Francisco. You can watch the livestream (and archived video) here: https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/live-oral-arguments/. [Select San Francisco Courtroom 1.] You can read the briefs here: https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/doe-1-v-github/. Issue concerns the proof required for DMCA CMI claims in the context of copies…
Read more: Link for 9th Circuit livestream of oral argument in Doe 1 v. Github, Microsoft, and OpenAI

Copyright Dilution Under Constitutional Scrutiny

Fair Use and the Origin of AI Training

Master List of Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Dec. 5, 2025.

US Map of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Feb. 7, 2026. Current total = 80 suits in U.S. (4 of which voluntarily dismissed).

World Map of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Feb. 14, 2026. Current total = 107 copyright suits.

Infographic of AI companies sued

In need of updating TBA

Status of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

The Shadow Library Strategy

Master Chart of Claims in Cases

Last updated Dec. 3, 2025

Tort Lawsuit Case Tracker

List of AI bills before Congress

Opinion: How courts should analyze authorship with AI

US Copyright Office registers copyright of AI-generated image

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