Anthropic scored a minor victory today as Judge Lee agreed with Anthropic that Concord Music Group v. Anthropic II, recently filed and assigned to Judge Lin, is related to the originally filed case of Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I already before Judge Lee.
That means Judge Lee will now get Concord Music Group v. Anthropic II, which involves the Shadow Library Strategy being asserted as a separate claim of infringement. Judge Lee had earlier denied Concord Music’s request for leave to amend the complaint to add a copyright claim based on Anthropic’s alleged use of shadow libraries. Now, Judge Lee will get to her that claim, anyway.
But Concord Music Group was equivocal on whether Case II was related to Case I, perhaps being content to have a new judge preside over Case II.