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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The turmoil over OpenAI’s agreement with the Department of War after it rescinded the agreement with Anthropic continues unabated.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.
Supreme Court denies cert in Thaler v. Perlmutter. Declines to hear 1st AI-related case.

The Supreme Court announced it denied the cert petition in its first AI-related case, Thaler v. Perlmutter. The Court granted no certs from its Friday conference. It presents the question: “Whether works outputted by an AI system without adirect, traditional authorial contribution by a natural person can be copyrighted.” A bit of a surprise to…
Read more: Supreme Court denies cert in Thaler v. Perlmutter. Declines to hear 1st AI-related case.
Musk v. Altman: The battle of the law professors. Parties spar over Peter Frumkin, Daniel Hemel, John Coates’ expert testimony, some in rebuttal to Musk’s expert David Schizer.

The Trial of the Century is set to begin in Musk v. Altman on April 27, 2026. The parties have been filing their pre-trial papers that we will preview this month. First up is the interesting skirmish between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over Altman’s three experts who are prominent law professors in the area…
Read more: Musk v. Altman: The battle of the law professors. Parties spar over Peter Frumkin, Daniel Hemel, John Coates’ expert testimony, some in rebuttal to Musk’s expert David Schizer.
OpenAI announced $110B funding by Amazon, NVIDIA, and Softbank

OpenAI announced a $110 billion round in funding from Amazon, NVIDIA, and Softbank. OpenAI is spending a fortune so it needs to continue to raise funds.
Read more: OpenAI announced $110B funding by Amazon, NVIDIA, and Softbank
Summary judgment, trial gets pushed back in Concord Music v. Anthropic. Next fair use decision in AI training might not be until Fall 2026

It will likely be well over a year since the fair use decisions of Judge Alsup and Judge Chhabria before we have another federal judge weigh in on fair use. Their decisions came on June. 23 and June 25, 2025, respectively. Judge Lee, upon the stipulation of the parties in Concord Music v. Anthropic, just…
Read more: Summary judgment, trial gets pushed back in Concord Music v. Anthropic. Next fair use decision in AI training might not be until Fall 2026
Trump orders federal government agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI. Anthropic opposed military’s use of AI for autonomous warfare or mass surveillance.

The controversy related to the U.S. military’s contract with Anthropic for the use of its AI escalated. After a couple days of intense negotiations between Anthropic and the Department of War, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI, Claude, with a phase out in the next 6 months: How Did We…
Read more: Trump orders federal government agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI. Anthropic opposed military’s use of AI for autonomous warfare or mass surveillance.
U.S. Supreme Court could take up its first AI case. Thaler v. Perlmutter involves question of authorship & AI.

Today, the Supreme Court meets in conference to decide whether to grant (or reject) pending cert petitions. Among them is the petition in Thaler v. Perlmutter. It asks: For a variety of reasons, I now believe the chances are very high the Supreme Court agrees to hearThaler‘s case. To briefly summarize my reasons: You can…
Read more: U.S. Supreme Court could take up its first AI case. Thaler v. Perlmutter involves question of authorship & AI.
Judge Thompson recuses herself from John Carreyrou v. Google. Anthropic adds its own motion to sever Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. the AI industry.

Book author John Carreyrou’s bold attempt to pursue an omnibus copyright lawsuit against the U.S. AI industry appears possibly splintering apart. Google already filed a motion to sever. And today Anthropic followed suit (see below). We can expect the same motions to sever from Meta, Perplexity AI, and xAI. The case against OpenAI has already…
Read more: Judge Thompson recuses herself from John Carreyrou v. Google. Anthropic adds its own motion to sever Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. the AI industry.
Latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 112 (Feb 25, 2026)

The last World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. The new total is 112 copyright suits = 85 U.S. suits + 27 suits in the rest of the world. OpenAI was just sued in South Korea by broadcasters KBS, MBC, and SBS. Recent U.S. cases added: Carreyrou v. OpenAI, Chmura v. Snap, Gardner v. Runway AI, and Ace…
Read more: Latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 112 (Feb 25, 2026)
Latest U.S. Map of All Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 85 suits (Feb. 25, 2026).

Here is the latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. New total = 85 copyright suits. Recent cases added: Carreyrou v. OpenAI, Chmura v. Snap, Gardner v. Runway AI, and Ace Cam v. Runway AI. Worldwide, the new total = 112 copyright suits. Download the PDF of the map with clickable links to…
Read more: Latest U.S. Map of All Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 85 suits (Feb. 25, 2026).
OpenAI is 1st US AI company sued in copyright case in South Korea filed by KBS, MBC, SBS broadcasters. Total = 112 copyright suits v. AI in world.

Three Korean broadcasters KBS, MBC, and SBS sued OpenAI for copyright infringement in the alleged use of their news content. This is copyright lawsuit No. 112 against AI companies around the world. OpenAI leads the total count for an AI company with the most lawsuits against it. The Korean Broadcasting Association issued a press release,…
Read more: OpenAI is 1st US AI company sued in copyright case in South Korea filed by KBS, MBC, SBS broadcasters. Total = 112 copyright suits v. AI in world.
Judge Lin dismisses Elon Musk’s xAI trade scret theft lawsuit v. OpenAI. But allows leave to amend complaint.

Judge Lin granted OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Elon Musk’s xAI’s complaint for alleged trade secret theft related to former xAI employees hired by OpenAI. But Judge Lin allowed xAI leave to amend the complaint to provide sufficient allegations of a trade secret violation. DOWNLOAD THE ORDER OF DISMISSAL
Read more: Judge Lin dismisses Elon Musk’s xAI trade scret theft lawsuit v. OpenAI. But allows leave to amend complaint.

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. 25, 2026. Current total = 85 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.

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Status of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

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Master Chart of Claims in Cases

Last updated Dec. 3, 2025

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List of AI bills before Congress

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