We added the New York Times v. Microsoft, OpenAI case to our status report for all pending copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Every other case did not have material changes.
Status of U.S. Copyright Lawsuits v. AI Cos.
| Case name | Jurisdiction | Judge | Latest status |
| Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. | D. Del. | Bibas | Trial on the copyright issues will begin on August 26, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in Wilmington, Delaware and will last five days. Jury selection on August 23, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Pending motions for SJ on defendant’s antitrust claims |
| Doe 1 v. Github, Inc. | ND Cal. | Tigar | Discovery |
| Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd | ND Cal. | Orrick | Summonses issued to Runway AI after First Amended Complaint filed after court dismissed some claims. |
| Getty Images (US), Inc. v. Stability AI Ltd | D. Del. | Williams | Discovery |
| Richard Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc. | ND Cal. | Chhabria | First Amended Complaint filed on Dec. 11, 2023 after court granted motion to dismiss. |
| Paul Tremblay v. OpenAI, Inc. | ND Cal. | Araceli Martinez-Olguin | Motion to dismiss hearing held on Dec. 7, 2023 |
| Sarah Silverman v. OpenAI, Inc. | ND Cal. | Araceli Martinez-Olguin | Motion to dismiss hearing held on Dec. 7, 2023 |
| J.L. v. Alphabet Inc | ND Cal. | Araceli Martinez-Olguin | Order Granting Stipulation to File First Amended Complaint, to Extend Time to File First Amended Complaint, and to Continue Case Management Conference. Case Management Statement due by 2/15/2024. Initial Case Management Conference set for 2/22/2024 at 10:00 AM in San Francisco, Courtroom 10, 19th Floor. First Amended Complaint due on or before January 5, 2024. Initial Disclosures due by February 15, 2024. |
| Chabon v. OpenAI | ND Cal. | Araceli Martinez-Olguin | Motion to dismiss hearing held on Dec. 7, 2023 |
| Chabon v. Meta Platforms consolidated with Kadrey v. Meta Platforms above | ND Cal. | Chhabria | ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES. the clerks office is directed to close Chabon et al v. Meta Platforms Inc. No. 23-cv-04663. Consolidated with Kadrey v. Meta (above). |
| Authors Guild v. Open AI | SNDY | Stein | First Amended Complaint filed Dec. 5, 2023 adding Microsoft as defendant. |
| Huckabee v. Meta Platforms Inc | SDNY | Schofield | Motion for Extension of Time GRANTED. Defendants shall answer, move or otherwise respond to the Complaint by January 26, 2024. |
| Concord Music Group, Inc. et al v. Anthropic PBC | M.D. Tenn. | Crenshaw Jr. | Briefing schedule: Defendant shall respond to Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction by January 16, 2024, and Plaintiffs shall file any optional reply by February 14, 2024. Plaintiffs shall respond to Defendant’s motion to dismiss by January 22, 2024, and Defendant shall file any optional reply by Feb. 14, 2024. |
| Julian Sancton v. OpenAI, Microsoft | SDNY | TBA | Summonses requested |
| New York Times v. Microsoft | SDNY | TBA | Complaint filed |