Here’s the update for the status in all the copyright cases in the United States against AI companies. The biggest development: Judge Tigar’s partial grant of the motion to dismiss of Github and Microsoft in Doe 1 v. Github. A big win for Microsoft.
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 | Judge Tigar grants in part Github and Microsoft’s motion to dismiss, leaving only 3 claims in case for breach of contract and unfair competition. [Summary] |
| Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd | ND Cal. | Orrick | 1) Defendants’ deadline to respond to the First Amended Ccomplaint shall be extended to February 8, 2024; 2) The deadline for Plaintiffs to respond to any motions to dismiss shall be March 21, 2024; 3) The deadline for Defendants to file Replies in support of any motions to dismiss shall be April 18, 2024; and 4) Hearing on any Motion to Dsimiss set for 5/8/2024 02:00 PM via Videoconference before Judge William H. Orrick, regarding First Amended Complaint. |
| Getty Images (US), Inc. v. Stability AI Ltd | D. Del. | Williams | Case reassigned to Judge Jennifer Hall |
| Richard Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc. Chabon v. Meta Platforms consolidated with Kadrey v. Meta Platforms above | ND Cal. | Chhabria | Parties file stipulation re proposed schedule. First Amended Complaint filed on Dec. 11, 2023. |
| Paul Tremblay v. OpenAI, Inc. | ND Cal. | Araceli Martinez-Olguin | Pending motion to appoint Mr. Joseph Saveri and his law firm, JSLF, as Interim Lead Class Counsel. 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 filed on 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 |
| Authors Guild v. Open AI | SNDY | Stein | Joint Stipulation re motions for SJ, class certfication, and discovery schedule The Parties consent and stipulate to the consolidation of the Authors Guild et al. v. OpenAI, Inc. et al., No. 1 :23-cv-08292-SHS, and Alter v. OpenAI, Inc. et al. , No. 1 :23-cv-l 0211- SHS pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42 for pre-trial purposes. The Parties consent and stipulate that Plaintiffs will file a consolidated class action complaint no later than January 26, 2024, and Defendants will respond to Plaintiffs’ consolidated class action complaint no later than February 9, 2024. Defendants shall not move to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b) any claims pleaded in the consolidated class action complaint that are currently pleaded in the operative Nonfiction and Fiction complaints. The Parties stipulate and agree, and upon entry of this stipulation by the Court, it is hereby ordered, that fact discovery, expert discovery, and the briefing of any motion for summary judgment will be completed on or before February 28, 2025. 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. | Pending MOTION for Leave to File Amicus Brief in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction re 40 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by Chamber of Progress, NetChoice, LLC 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 |