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EVOX Productions, maker of car images, enlists 3rd law firm to files its 4th copyright suit v. AI training use. This one v. Midjourney.
Read more: EVOX Productions, maker of car images, enlists 3rd law firm to files its 4th copyright suit v. AI training use. This one v. Midjourney.EVOX Productions, the professional maker of car images, has just sued Midjourney for alleged infringement based on unauthorized use of their images contained without permission in the LAION dataset. This is the 130th copyright lawsuit against AI companies in the United States. This is EVOX Productions’ fourth such lawsuit. relying on 3 different firms. The…
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Judge Lee orders Anthropic’s Benjamin Mann to answer Concord Music II complaint by Aug. 17
Read more: Judge Lee orders Anthropic’s Benjamin Mann to answer Concord Music II complaint by Aug. 17After the parties disputed whether Benjamin Mann, a named defendant in Concord Music v. Anthropic II, Judge Lee granted 2 additional weeks. Judge Lee ruled: “Having considered the parties’ arguments in the 94 Joint Status Report, the Court ORDERS Defendant Mann to file his answer to the Second Amended Complaint by 8/17/2026.” Mann is the…
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Updated US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 129 (Jul. 30, 2026)
Read more: Updated US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 129 (Jul. 30, 2026)Here’s the latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits with links to each docket. We added Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs II, a case related to the UMG Recordings v. Uncharted Labs I before Judge Hellerstein. We also activated the Brave Software v. News Corp. case, which had been voluntarily dismissed but later refiled. News…
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Jensen Huang visits Pres. Trump in Oval Office. Trump touts U.S. lead over China in AI.
Read more: Jensen Huang visits Pres. Trump in Oval Office. Trump touts U.S. lead over China in AI.AI CEOs Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, and others are in DC for discussions about AI policy. Yesterday, President Trump hailed Jensen Huang in the Oval Office–calling him “a very great gentleman“–and boasted about the U.S. lead in AI over China. Said Trump: “We’re leading China in AI by a lot.”
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AI companies now asserting counterclaims v. Copyright Holders. Anthropic adopts new strategy in AI copyright suits
Read more: AI companies now asserting counterclaims v. Copyright Holders. Anthropic adopts new strategy in AI copyright suitsNanoble, represented by Quinn Emanuel, may have started a trend in the AI copyright litigation. Nanoble filed an indemnity counterclaim against Disney for allegedly violating the terms of use required by Nanoble’s AI video generator. We can read more about that strategy here: Now, Anthropic has filed a counterclaim of non-infringement against Bartz v. Anthropic…
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Former Wall St. Journal writer Philip Shishkin drops copyright claim v. Anthropic
Read more: Former Wall St. Journal writer Philip Shishkin drops copyright claim v. AnthropicCuriously, book author and former Wall Street Journal Philip Shishkin has voluntarily dropped his copyright claim against Anthropic in the lawsuit with lead plaintiff Cambronne or John Carreyrou. Shishkin gave no reason for dropping for copyright claim against Anthropic. The other plaintiffs remain. DOWNLOAD:
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Anthropic opposes
Read more: Anthropic opposesAnthropic opposes the motion of various plaintiffs in the Cambronne, Cognella, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Kwon, and Cruz lawsuits to consolidate the briefing for motions to dismiss in all the related cases. Anthropic argues that the respective complaints have their own deficiencies and lumping everything into 1 brief would not be effective or efficient.…
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NYT spent $20 million for its 1 lawsuit v. OpenAI. How much has OpenAI spent defending v. 22 suits in U.S. plus 8 foreign suits?
Read more: NYT spent $20 million for its 1 lawsuit v. OpenAI. How much has OpenAI spent defending v. 22 suits in U.S. plus 8 foreign suits?A.G. Sulzberger said the New York Times has spent $20 million on its 1 copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, a case nearing the summary judgment stage. (Unclear the exact breakdown on costs for that $20 million.) How much has OpenAI spent to defend v. 22 suits in US and 8 foreign suits around world? For this…
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Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) skyrockets in Shanghai IPO
Read more: Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) skyrockets in Shanghai IPOCXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) had a splashy IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, increasing 466% in share value. CXMT makes memory chips in the same market as Micron, SK Hynix, and Samsung. AI demand has made memory chips scarce.