Well, it looks like filing a copyright lawsuit against an AI company is not all that it’s cracked up to be.
Abdi Nazemian, the book author who is the lead plaintiff in Nazemian v. NVIDIA, is seeking to drop out of the lawsuit after only a year and a half. There are still other plaintiffs involved. But it’s unclear why Nazemian wants to bail on the lawsuit that bears his name.
The details are discussed in the Joint Case Management Statement filed on Dec. 2, 2025. It states:
- “Plaintiffs informed the Court and Defendant of Abdi Nazemian’s intent to withdraw from the case. The parties have been discussing the terms for Mr. Nazemian’s withdrawal.”
- “Named Plaintiff Abdi Nazemian seeks to be dismissed without prejudice and the parties dispute the terms of his dismissal, as set forth below.”
- NVIDIA: “After twenty months of litigation—during which NVIDIA has expended substantial
resources on discovery—Mr. Nazemian seeks to withdraw before completing discovery or
providing a deposition. This allows him to avoid testifying under oath about critical issues of
authorship, ownership, and chain of title that go to the heart of both his individual claims and class certification.” - PLAINTIFFS: “Plaintiff Abdi Nazemian seeks to withdraw from the case as a named Plaintiff, without prejudice to his ability to participate as an absent class member if a class is certified here. NVIDIA will not be prejudiced by Nazemian’s withdrawal.”