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Month: October 2025

Bartz status report: received claims for 58,788 out of 482,460 works (12.2%). Asks for Theo Cheng to be special master instead of Naomi Jane Gray.

The Bartz Class Counsel filed a status report late Friday. Two items to note: (1) So far, 58,788 out of 482,460 works (12.2%) have been subject to claims for the payout. UPDATE: I have done further research with comparison to participation rates in other cases. 12% participation rate is a decent, respectable start, already within…
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OpenAI’s expected IPO in 2026 increases probability it settles copyright suits

Now that OpenAI restructured itself into a public benefit company, there’s already anticipation for it to offer an IPO potentially as early as late 2026 with a valuation of $1 trillion. An IPO increases the probability OpenAI settles most or all of the copyright suits The timing of an IPO could affect OpenAI’s willingness to…
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Judge Gonzalez Rogers receives referral to relate Alexander book author case to Hendrix book author case v. Apple

As we expected, Judge Gonzalez Rogers will get the chance to relate the Alexander book author case to the Hendrix book author case against Apple. Judge Lee referred the Alexander case to Judge Gonzalez Rogers. And the parties in the Hendrix case filed a motion to relate. Judge Gonzalez Rogers already deemed the Martinez-Conde book…
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Jensen Huang hits Korea by storm. NVIDIA flurry of deals with Samsung, Hyundai, SK Group

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO, received a superstar’s welcome in South Korea. Plus, NVIDIA announced deals with Samsung, Hyundai, SK Group, and the South Korean government. NVIDIA deals Samsung News Summary: SK Group News Summary: Hyundai News Summary: South Korea government News Summary:
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Perplexity Patents: the world’s first AI patent research agent

One of the clear advances with AI is in research. Instead of search engines, we now have answer engines–the benefit of which is getting answers to questions instead of having to comb a list of websites for them. And, instead of clunky keyword searches, we now have natural language searches run by AI agents. (Media…
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Judge Stein wants another oral argument on OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Ziff Davis’s First Amended Complaint on Nov. 13, 2025, 11:30AM

Judge Stein wants further oral argument on OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Ziff Davis’s First Amended Complaint. He scheduled one for Nov. 13, 2025, 11:30 AM. Apparently, there were too many different issues to cover from the various MDL cases at the marathon, 4-hour oral argument last week. ORDER: The Court shall hear further oral argument…
Read more: Judge Stein wants another oral argument on OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Ziff Davis’s First Amended Complaint on Nov. 13, 2025, 11:30AM
Judge Alsup sets Fairness Hearing for Bartz settlement on April 23, 2026

Judge Alsup set the Fairness Hearing for April 23, 2026, noon, to consider the final approval of the class action settlement. It’s possible there will be a different judge presiding over the Fairness Hearing. Judge Alsup said he intended to go inactive by the end of the year, although he was not definitive.
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Perplexity opposes discovery of source code. Contests the relevant start date of Jan. 1. 2022 for discovery in Dow Jones lawsuit.

Lawyers for Perplexity filed two letters with Judge Polk Failla. The first contests the relevance of discovery of Perplexity’s source code. The second contests the plaintiffs’ choice of Jan. 1, 2022 as the relevant period of discovery of documents instead of Oct. 2022, when Perplexity said it conceived of its answer engine.
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Billie Eilish donates $11.5 million to charity and politely nudges Mark Zuckerberg to donate more

Billie Eilish gave impromptu remarks after receiving a Wall Street Journal Innovator’s Award for music. While Mark Zuckerberg was in attendance to watch his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan accept the Innovator’s Award for philanthropy, Eilish said: We’re in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark and people need…
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Fed Chair Powell: AI investment different from dotcom bubble

Interesting remarks from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who distinguished AI companies that are businesses that have revenues and profits from dotcom startups, which were largely ideas: Related Stories
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