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Anthropic v. U.S. Department of War. Petition seeks review of “supply chain risk” decision. Companion suit says Dep’t of War engaged in viewpoint discrimination v. “woke” Anthropic.

Anthropic filed 2 lawsuits against the U.S. Department of War and Peter B. Hegseth today. D.C. Circuit case First, Anthropic filed a petition in the D.C. Circuit to challenge the U.S. Department of War’s designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk. Wilmer Hale lawyers represent Anthropic: DOWNLOAD THE PETITION N.D. California case Then, Anthropic…
Read more: Anthropic v. U.S. Department of War. Petition seeks review of “supply chain risk” decision. Companion suit says Dep’t of War engaged in viewpoint discrimination v. “woke” Anthropic.
Latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 89 (Mar. 9, 2026)

Here’s the latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. New total = 89. Added: DOWNLOAD MAP WITH LINKS TO EACH DOCKET
Read more: Latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 89 (Mar. 9, 2026)
New Paper: Copyright Dilution Based on Wholly Non-Infringing Expression Is Unconstitutional. It violates both Copyright Clause and First Amendment.

Publication Day: My latest article has been published by the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property. The article, Copyright Dilution Under Constitutional Scrutiny, explains why the newfound theory of market harm called “copyright dilution“–embraced by the Copyright Office and by Judge Chhabria in dicta in Kadrey v. Meta—would violate the Constitution if it is adopted by…
Read more: New Paper: Copyright Dilution Based on Wholly Non-Infringing Expression Is Unconstitutional. It violates both Copyright Clause and First Amendment.
Gina Bartone sues Meta for alleged unfair competition in marketing Meta AI glasses in deceptive way

Meta just got sued in a proposed class action filed by Gina Bartone for various state law claims. The gravamen of the complaint is that Meta touted the privacy protection for its Meta AI Glasses, but it was misleading because Meta allegedly ends up using content from the Glasses for AI data collection.
Read more: Gina Bartone sues Meta for alleged unfair competition in marketing Meta AI glasses in deceptive way
Google sued for Gemini’s alleged role in wrongful death of Jonathan Gavalas. Suit alleges claims in design defect, failure to warn, negligence

Google is facing another tort lawsuit, this time for Google Gemini’s alleged role in causing the suicide of Jonathan Gavalas, who committed suicide. Google earlier settled tort lawsuits related to its program called Character AI. This might be the first wrongful death lawsuit related to Gemini. Exerpt: DOWNLOAD THE COMPLAINT
Read more: Google sued for Gemini’s alleged role in wrongful death of Jonathan Gavalas. Suit alleges claims in design defect, failure to warn, negligence
Latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 87 (Mar. 5, 2026)

The cases against AI companies continue to grow. Two new cases were added to the Map of Copyright Suits: Some recent cases have now been assigned judges: DOWNLOAD THE MAP WITH LINKS TO EACH DOCKET
Read more: Latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 87 (Mar. 5, 2026)
Perplexity argues Feist and bedrock principle that facts cannot be copyrighted requires dismissal of The New York Times’ copyright suit

This past week, Perplexity AI filed a reply to support its motion to dismiss the complaint of the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. Perplexity relies on the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Feist, which recognized the bedrock principle that facts cannot be copyrighted by anyone. Excerpt: My Take on the use of facts…
Read more: Perplexity argues Feist and bedrock principle that facts cannot be copyrighted requires dismissal of The New York Times’ copyright suit
Judge Oetken grants extension to discovery in Lerhman v. Lovo

ORDER granting 60 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery: Granted. The parties’ joint request for an extension of time to complete discovery is granted. The Court adopts the parties’ discovery schedule as follows: (a) the deadline for the completion of all fact discovery is extended to May 5, 2026; (b) the deadline…
Read more: Judge Oetken grants extension to discovery in Lerhman v. Lovo
Magistrate Judge Ona Wang is reassigned discovery issues from Magistrate Judge Netburn in Advance Local Media v. Cohere

Magistrate Judge Ona Wang, who is assigned to the OpenAI MDL Litigation, has now also been assigned to Advance Local Media v. Cohere. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn had been originally assigned the latter case.
Read more: Magistrate Judge Ona Wang is reassigned discovery issues from Magistrate Judge Netburn in Advance Local Media v. Cohere
UMG Recordings an Suno seek 3 month extension to schedule. Would delay summary judgment briefing until Nov. 2026.

Wow, UMG Recordings and Suno are asking for another extension to the scheduling order. This is the fourth extension to the scheduling order sought by the parties; the prior 3 the court granted. This would delay the schedule by about 3 months. Summary judgment motions would likely be filed in November instead of August 2026.…
Read more: UMG Recordings an Suno seek 3 month extension to schedule. Would delay summary judgment briefing until Nov. 2026.
Google removes lawsuit of David L. Greene, former NPR host of “Morning Edition.” Case alleged state claims for voice appropriation to train Google’s NotebookLM. Lawsuit No. 87 v. AI companies.

Google has filed a notice of removal of the state law case of David L. Greene v. Google. It alleges various state law claims against Google for allegedly using recordings of Greene’s voice to train the model behind NotebookLM. Greene was the former host of NPR’s Morning Edition and current podcaster. The removal to federal…
Read more: Google removes lawsuit of David L. Greene, former NPR host of “Morning Edition.” Case alleged state claims for voice appropriation to train Google’s NotebookLM. Lawsuit No. 87 v. AI companies.
Disney v. Minimax case marches on as Disney served Quinn Emanuel attorneys representing Defendants in China, Singapore

Well, it looks like companies based in China can be sued for alleged copyright infringement in the United States after all. Quinn Emanuel attorneys, representing Chinese companies Minimax, and Shanghai Xiyu Jizhi Technology, and a Singaporean company Nanonoble Ptd., filed a Stipulation that proposes to treat the service of the complaint on Quinn Emanuel as…
Read more: Disney v. Minimax case marches on as Disney served Quinn Emanuel attorneys representing Defendants in China, Singapore
Sam Altman announces amended agreement with Department of War as users make Claude No. 1 on App Store

The turmoil over OpenAI’s agreement with the Department of War after it rescinded the agreement with Anthropic continues unabated. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, took to X to announce OpenAI had beefed up the language for guardrails in the agreement with the DoW: Meanwhile, many people apparently terminated their accounts with OpenAI and Anthropic’s Claude…
Read more: Sam Altman announces amended agreement with Department of War as users make Claude No. 1 on App Store
Judge P. Casey Pitts gets reassigned John Carreyrou v. Anthropic copyright suit

Big news: Judge P. Casey Pitts was reassigned Carreyrou v. Anthropic, the omnibus copyright lawsuit filed by book author John Carreyrou and other book authors who opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic settlement. (Judge Trina Thompson, originally assigned the case, recused herself.) Judge Pitts sits in San Jose. He was appointed to the bench…
Read more: Judge P. Casey Pitts gets reassigned John Carreyrou v. Anthropic copyright suit
Runway AI sued yet again for alleged DMCA violation in 4th copyright case against it. Total = 86 copyright suits v. AI cos.

Runway AI just got sued in its 4th copyright lawsuit filed against it. Three of them allege DMCA anti-circumvention violations related to YouTube videos Runway AI allegedly used to train its AI models. All three were filed in the past month: Businessing v. Runway AI, Ace Cam v. Runway AI, and Gardner v. Runway AI.…
Read more: Runway AI sued yet again for alleged DMCA violation in 4th copyright case against it. Total = 86 copyright suits v. AI cos.

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 Mar. 5, 2026. Current total = 87 suits in U.S. (6 of which voluntarily dismissed).

World Map of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Feb. 25, 2026. Current total = 112 copyright suits.

Infographic of AI companies sued

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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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