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Judge Bibas sets trial for May 12, 2025, but hopes for earlier date in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence

The trial date for Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence has been set for May 12, 2025. (The trial was continued on the day before trial originally scheduled for Aug. 23, 2024.) But Judge Bibas wants to hold the trial in early 2025 (should the case not be disposed on summary judgment). Judge Bibas just issued…
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Judge Orrick holds Case Management Conference via Zoom today in Andersen v. Stability AI

The Sarah Andersen v. Stability case is back in the news. Judge William Orrick III holds a case management conference via Zoom, today, at 2 PM PT. A group of visual artists is suing a group of AI image and video generators, including Stability AI, Midjourney, and Runway. CLERKS NOTICE RE ZOOM HEARING – The…
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Judge Lee to hold Zoom hearing on preliminary injunction motion in Concord Music v. Anthropic on Oct. 24, 2 PM PT

On October 24, at 2 PM PT, Judge Eumi Lee is holding a Zoom hearing for the plaintiffs Concord Music and other music publishers’ motion for preliminary injunction in the copyright lawsuit against Anthropic, which opposes the motion. This is the only copyright lawsuit against an AI company in which a motion for preliminary injunction…
Read more: Judge Lee to hold Zoom hearing on preliminary injunction motion in Concord Music v. Anthropic on Oct. 24, 2 PM PT
AI copyright lawsuits hit 34: Complaint in Dow Jones Co. (owner of Wall St. J. & New York Post) sue Perplexity AI search

The copyright lawsuits against AI companies in the U.S. just hit 34 today Dow Jones & Co., owner of the Wall Street Journal, and NYP Holdins, owner of New York Post, sued the AI search company Perplexity for copyright infringement. (Both companies are owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., which struck a licensing deal with…
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Status of all 34 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 21, 2024): Dow Jones & Co., represented by William Barr, sues Perplexity

Here’s the latest on all 34 copyright lawsuits against AI companies: New developments since last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk*. Visit our Master List of all 33 copyright cases with attorneys and claims listed. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas *Redacted…
Read more: Status of all 34 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 21, 2024): Dow Jones & Co., represented by William Barr, sues Perplexity
David Boies firm asks to be interim lead counsel, with Lieff Cabraser assisting in consolidated cases before Judge Chhabria

The law firms of Boies Schiller Flexner and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP submitted a letter in the Kadrey v. Meta and Farnsworth v. Meta lawsuits asking Judge Chhabria to consolidate the two requested class action lawsuits brought by book authors against Meta Platforms. In their letter, David Boies’s firm states that the two…
Read more: David Boies firm asks to be interim lead counsel, with Lieff Cabraser assisting in consolidated cases before Judge Chhabria
Status of all 32 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 7, 2024): David Boies firm takes lead for Kadrey plaintiffs, but Farnsworth attorneys want in

Here’s the latest on all 32 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Lots going on. Here are the highlights: New developments since last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk*. Visit our Master List of all 32 copyright cases with attorneys and claims listed. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v.…
Read more: Status of all 32 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 7, 2024): David Boies firm takes lead for Kadrey plaintiffs, but Farnsworth attorneys want in
Judge Chhabria to hold Zoom hearing re: plaintiffs’ request to get more discovery time in Kadrey v. Meta

Judge Chhabria will be holding an important hearing over Zoom to consider arguments related to the plaintiffs’ request to get additional discovery time, now that the law firm of David Boies has taken the lead in the plaintiffs’ case. Meta opposes this request. To understand why David Boies and lawyers from his firm were added…
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Judge Bibas sets Dec 5-6 for hearing on summary judgment, but asks for potential trial dates in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence

Judge Bibas just scheduled the 2-day hearing on the parties’ renewed motions for summary judgment for Dec. 5 and 6. But he also asked the parties for potential trial dates should the resolution of the motions for summary judgment still leave a need for trial. If you recall, on the day before trial was set…
Read more: Judge Bibas sets Dec 5-6 for hearing on summary judgment, but asks for potential trial dates in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence
New AI lawsuit: Christopher Farnsworth v. Meta Platforms. Lawsuits hit 32.

Another proposed class-action copyright lawsuit was filed against Meta Platforms. This time, filed by book author Christopher Farnsworth. The allegations in the complaint are similar to ones already made by other book authors, such as in the lawsuits brought by Richard Kadrey, Michael Chabon, and Mike Huckabee. Those book author lawsuits against Meta have been…
Read more: New AI lawsuit: Christopher Farnsworth v. Meta Platforms. Lawsuits hit 32.