We updated our Master Chart identifying which claims are being asserted against AI companies in the United States in the complaints in the respective cases.
We added Ted Entertainment’s three new lawsuits against OpenAI, Apple, and Amazon. Ted Entertainment has now filed 7 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. We probably should expect more.
We did not include Reddit v. Anthropic, Chegg v. Google, or Penske Media v. Google that relate to scraping of content, but do not raise any copyright claims. We did include David Greene v. Google; even though it involves state claims, Google removed the case to federal court on the ground of federal preemption. Removal was rejected in Reddit v. Anthropic. If removal is rejected in David Greene v. Google, we will no longer count the case as a copyright case.
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| Case name | Jurisdiction | Judge | Multiple Defendants (not related companies) | Direct copyright claim | Secondary copyright claim | DMCA CMI claim | DMCA Anti-circumvention | Lanham Act claim | State law claim |
| Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. | D. Del. Third Circuit appeal | Bibas Third Circuit | Yes | Yes* | |||||
| Hendrix v. Apple consolidated with Martinez-Conde v. Apple Alexander v. Apple | N.D. Cal. | Gonzalez Rogers | Yes | ||||||
| In re Salesforce LLM Copyright Infringement Litigation consolidating: Tanzer v. Salesforce Alexander v. Salesforce | N.D. Cal. | Breyer | Yes | ||||||
| Getty Images (US), Inc. v. Stability AI Ltd | N.D. Cal. | Thompson | Yes | 1202(a) 1202(b) | Yes | Yes Unfair comp. Trademark dilution | |||
| Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd | N.D. Cal. | Orrick | 1. Stability AI Ltd., a UK corporation; 2. Stability AI, Inc., a Delaware corporation; 2 DeviantArt, Inc. 3. Midjourney, Inc. 4. Runway AI, Inc. | Yes | Inducement | 1202(a)* 1202(b)(1)* | Yes | Yes | |
| Anders v. Stability AI, dismissed on motion to dismiss due to license | W.D.N.C. | Reidinger | Yes | ||||||
| Lyon v. Adobe | N.D. Cal. | Scott Corley | Yes | ||||||
| Kleiner v. Adobe | N.D. Cal. | Scott Corley | Yes | ||||||
| James v. Together Computer | N.D. Cal. | Lin | Yes | ||||||
| James v. Cerebras Systems | N.D. Cal. | Martinez-Olguin | Yes | ||||||
| James v. Snowflake | D. Mont. | Morris | Yes | ||||||
| In re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation (consolidated cases) Consolidating: Zhang v. Google Leovy v. Google | N.D. Cal. | Lee | Yes | Vicarious infringement | 1202(b)(1), (b)(3) | ||||
| David Greene v. Google | N.D. Cal., removed from state court | Breyer | Yes | ||||||
| Richard Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc. Consolidated with: Chabon v. Meta Platforms Farnsworth v. Meta Platforms Huckabee v. Meta Platforms Inc | N.D. Cal. | Chhabria | Yes | Contributory infringement (being added) | 1202(a)(1)* (b)(1)* summary judgment rejected (b)(3)* | Yes* | |||
| Entrepreneur Media v. Meta | N.D. Cal. | Chhabria | Yes | Contributory infringement | 1202(b) | ||||
| Strike 3 Holdings v. Meta | N.D. Cal. | Westmore | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | |||||
| Bartz v. Anthropic, Inc. tentative settlement | N.D. Cal. | Martinez-Olguin | Yes | ||||||
| Carreyrou v. Anthropic | N.D. Cal. | Pitts | 1. Anthropic 2. Google 3. Meta 4. xAI 5. Perplexity AI 6. Apple 7. NVIDIA | Yes | |||||
| Carreyrou v. OpenAI expected to be transferred to MDL Litigation | N.D. Cal. | Pitts | Yes | ||||||
| Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic | N.D. Cal. | Mag. Judge Cisneros | 1. Anthropic 2. Google 3. Meta 4. xAI 5. Perplexity AI 6. Apple 7. NVIDIA 8. OpenAI | Yes | |||||
| BMG v. Anthropic | N.D. Cal. | Mag. Judge Tse | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | 1202(b)(1) 1202(b)(3) | ||||
| Millette v. Google (related case) voluntarily dismissed | N.D. Cal. | Davila | Yes | Yes* | |||||
| Millette v. NVIDIA (related case) voluntarily dismissed | N.D. Cal. | Davila | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Abdi Nazemian v. NVIDIA Corp. consolidated with Dubus v. NVIDIA Corp. | N.D. Cal. | Tigar | Yes | ||||||
| In In Re Mosaic LLM Litigation consolidating: O’Nan v. Databricks, Mosaic ML Makkai v. Databricks, Inc., Mosaic ML | N.D. Cal. | Breyer | Yes | Vicarious infringement | |||||
| Concord Music Group, Inc. et al v. Anthropic PBC I | N.D. Cal. (transferred from M.D. Tenn.). | Lee | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | 1202(b) | [requested motion for leave to amend complaint to add 1201 claim] | |||
| Concord Music Group v. Anthropic II, related | N.D. Cal. | Lee | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | 1202(b)(1) 1202(b)(3) | ||||
| Alcon Entertainment v. Tesla | C.D. Cal. | Wu | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | Yes* | ||||
| Disney v. Midjourney | C.D. Cal. | Kronstadt | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | |||||
| Warner Brothers v. Midjourney, related | C.D. Cal. | Kronstadt | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringemen | |||||
| Disney v. MiniMax | C.D. Cal. | Blumenfeld Jr. | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringemen | |||||
| CASES in MDL In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation in MDL Cases are listed below. | MDL | Stein | In re OpenAI Copyright | Infringement Litigation | |||||
| In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation, Case No. 23-cv-03223. Consolidating: Paul Tremblay v. OpenAI, Inc. Sarah Silverman v. OpenAI, Inc. Chabon v. OpenAI | ND Cal. transferred to MDL Litigation | Araceli Martinez-Olguin Now before Judge Stein in MDL | Yes | Vicarious infringement | 1202(b)(1),* (b)(3)* | Yes | |||
| Millette v. OpenAI (related case) | N.D. Cal. transferred to MDL Litigation | Davila Now before Judge Stein in MDL | Yes | Yes* | |||||
| Authors Guild v. Open AI consolidated with Alter v. OpenAI, Microsoft, formerly Julian Sancton v. OpenAI, Microsoft consolidated with Authors Guild v. OpenAI plus Basbanes v. Microsoft below aka “Authors Action” | SDNY | Stein | 1. Microsoft Corp. 2. OpenAI | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | ||||
| Basbanes v. Microsoft consolidated for pretrial purposes pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42. with Authors Guild v. OpenAI above [stayed pending joint submission within 2 weeks of ruling on class certification] | SDNY | Stein | 1. Microsoft Corp. 2. OpenAI | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | ||||
| New York Times v. Microsoft consolidated with Daily News and The Center for Investigative Reporting lawsuits below aka “Newspapers Action” | SDNY | Stein | 1. Microsoft Corp. 2. OpenAI | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | 1202(b)(1) 1202(b)(3) | Yes | ||
| Daily News v. Microsoft consolidated with New York Times v. Microsoft above | SDNY | Stein | 1. Microsoft Corp. 2. OpenAI | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | 1202(b)(1) 1202(b)(3) | Yes | Yes | |
| The Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc. v. OpenAI consolidated with New York Times v. Microsoft above | SDNY | Stein | 1. Microsoft Corp. 2. OpenAI | Yes | Contributory infringement | 1202(b)(1) 1202(b)(3) | |||
| Ziff Davis v. OpenAI | Del. Transferred to MDL before Judge Stein | Andrews Stein | Yes | Contributory infringement | 1202(b)(1) 1202(b)(3) (also 1201(A)(1) circumvention) | Yes, TM dilution | Yes, TM dilution, unjust enrichment | ||
| Denial v. OpenAI | ND Cal. Transferred to MDL before Judge Stein | Chen Now before Judge Stein in MDL | Yes | Vicarious infringement | 1202(b)(1) (also CFAA claim) | Yes 6 claims | |||
| Bird v. Microsoft *related case to In re OpenAI Infringement Litigation | SDNY | Stein | Yes | ||||||
| U.S. News & World Report, L.P. v. OpenAI, Inc. *related case to In re OpenAI Infringement Litigation | SDNY | Stein | Yes | Contributory infringement | 1202(b)(1) | Yes (4) Trademark Infringement, 15 U.S.C. s. 1114, (5) Trademark Counterfeiting, 15 U.S.C. 1114, 1127, (6) False Designation of Origin and Dilution, 15 U.S.C. s. 1125, | Yes | ||
| California Newspaper Partnership v. Microsoft Corp., OpenAI *related case to In re OpenAI Infringement Litigation | SDNY | Stein | 1. Microsoft Corp. 2. OpenAI | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | 1202(b)(1) | |||
| Gracenote Media v. OpenAI | SDNY | Stein | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | Yes Unjust enrichment | ||||
| END OF CASES In MDL LITIGATION | |||||||||
| New York Times v. Perplexity AI, Inc. | SDNY | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringemen | Yes False Designation of Origin and Dilution, 15 U.S.C. s. 1125, Trademark Infringement, 15 U.S.C. s. 1114, | |||||
| Chicago Tribune Co. v. Perplexity AI, Inc. | SDNY | TBA | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | Yes False Designation of Origin and Dilution, 15 U.S.C. s. 1125, Trademark Infringement, 15 U.S.C. s. 1114, | ||||
| Reddit v. SerpAPI, Perplexity | SDNY | Engelmayer | 1. SerpApi 2. Oxylabs 3. AWMProxy 4. Perplexity AI | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | 1202(b)(1) | 1201(a)(1)(A) | |||
| Dow Jones & Co. (WSJ/NY Post) v. Perplexity AI | SDNY | Polk Failla | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | Yes | ||||
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. v. Perplexity | SDNY | Rochon | Yes | Yes False Designation of Origin and Dilution | |||||
| Huckabee v. Bloomberg | SDNY | Garnett | Yes | ||||||
| UMG Recordings v. Uncharted Labs d/b/a/ Udio | SDNY | Hellerstein | Yes | 1201(a) | |||||
| Justice v. Uncharted Labs d/b/a Udio | SDNY | Garnett | Yes | 1201(a) | |||||
| Lehrman v. Lovo, Inc. | SDNY | Oetken | Yes | Contributory infringement | Yes | ||||
| Advance Local Media v. Cohere | SDNY | McMahon | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Apress Media v. Anna’s Archive | SDNY | TBA | Yes | ||||||
| Woulard v. Suno | N.D. Ill. | Wood | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | 1202(a) 1202(b) | 1201(a) | Violation of Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. Violation of Illinois Right of Publicity Act (IRPA), 765 ILCS 1075/1 et seq. Violation of Illinois Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act (UDTPA), 815 ILCS 510/1 et seq. (Injunctive Relief) Unjust Enrichment (Illinois Common Law) | ||
| Woulard v. Uncharted Labs, Inc. | N.D. Ill. | Ellis | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | 1202(a) 1202(b) | 1201(a) | Violation of Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. Violation of Illinois Right of Publicity Act (IRPA), 765 ILCS 1075/1 et seq. Violation of Illinois Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act (UDTPA), 815 ILCS 510/1 et seq. (Injunctive Relief) Unjust Enrichment (Illinois Common Law) | ||
| Kogon v. Google | N.D. Ill. | Harjani | Yes | Vicarious infringement Contributory infringement | 1202(a) 1202(b) | 1201(a), (b) | Yes. False endorsement, 1125(a)(1)(A). False advertising, 1125(a)(1)(B). | Yes. Violation of Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq.) Violation of the Illinois Right of Publicity Act (IRPA), 765 ILCS 1075/1 et seq. Violation of Illinois Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act (UDTPA), 815 ILCS 510/1 et seq. (Injunctive Relief. Unjust Enrichment (IL common law). Violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (“ICFA”), 815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. | |
| UMG Recordings v. Suno | D. Mass. | Saylor IV | Yes | motion for leave to file 1201(a) claim | |||||
| Justice v. Suno | D. Mass. | Saylor IV | Yes | 1201(a) | Yes. Violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-101 et seq.) | ||||
| James v. Snowflake Inc. | D. Mont. | Morris | Yes | ||||||
| Cases w/o Direct Copyright Claim | |||||||||
| Doe 1 v. Github | N.D. Cal. Ninth Circuit interlocutory appeal | Tigar Ninth Circuit | 1. GITHUB, INC. 2.MICROSOFT CORP. 3. OPENAI | 1202(b)(1),* (b)(3)* on appeal | Yes | ||||
| Pierce v. Photobucket | D. Colo. | Brimmer | 1202(b)(1) 1202(b)(3) | Yes | |||||
| Raw Story Media, Inc. v. OpenAI | SDNY Second Circuit appeal | McMahon Second Circuit | 1202(b)(1) *rejected on motion to dismiss | ||||||
| Intercept Media Inc. v. OpenAI | SDNY | Rakoff | 1202(b)(1) 1202(b)(3)* | ||||||
| Vacker v. Eleven Labs, Inc. SETTLED | D. Del. | Andrews | 1202(a)(2) 1202(b) | 1201 | Yes | ||||
| Businessing v. Runway AI Ace Cam v. Runway AI consolidated | SDNY | Kaplan | 1201(a) | ||||||
| Gardner v. Runway AI | N.D. Cal. | Gee | 1201(a) | Yes. Violations of the California Unfair Competition Law, Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17200, et seq. (the “UCL”) | |||||
| Ted Entertainment Inc. v. NVIDIA Corp. | N.D. Cal. | Davila | 1201(a) | ||||||
| Ted Entertainment v. Snap | C.D. Cal. | Birotte Jr. | 1201(a) | ||||||
| Chmura v. Snap related | C.D. Cal. | Birotte Jr. | |||||||
| Google v. SerpApi | N.D. Cal. | Gonzalez Rogers | 1201(a)(1)(A) 1201(a)(2) | ||||||
| Ted Entertainment v. Meta | N.D. Cal. | Tigar | 1201(a) | ||||||
| Ted Entertainment v. Bytedance | N.D. Cal. | Scott Corley | 1201(a) | ||||||
| Ted Entertainment v. OpenAI | N.D. Cal. | TBA | 1201(a) | ||||||
| Ted Entertainment v. Apple | N.D. Cal. | TBA | 1201(a) | ||||||
| Ted Entertainment v. Amazon | N.D. Cal. | TBA | 1201(a) | ||||||
| Youngblood v. Meta, voluntarily dismissed | N.D. Cal. | Donato | 1201(a) | ||||||
| Youngblood v. NVIDIA, voluntarily dismissed | N.D. Cal. | Cousins | 1201(a) |