Category: Carreyrou v. Anthropic

Former Wall St. Journal writer Philip Shishkin drops copyright claim v. Anthropic

Curiously, 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

Anthropic 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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Judge Pitts relates Shakespeare v. Anthropic to Cambronne v. Anthropic. Judge to preside over all book author suits v. Anthropic, post-Bartz

As we predicted, Judge Pitts has deemed the Shakespeare v. Anthropic suit a related case to Cambronne v. Anthropic in the Northern District of California. The music cases (Concord Music I and II, and BMG) are before Judge Lee. The book cases before Judge Pitts are: Judge Pitts’ Order: Related Story:
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Judge Pitts to preside over cluster of Anthropic book author suits in ND California

Judge Pitts made it official: nearly all of the later filed book author and publisher suits against Anthropic are now related cases to Cambronne aka Carreyrou v. Anthropic. The related cases designation means Judge Pitts will get all these other cases too (original judge assignments noted): Judge Pitts’ order didn’t include the recently filed lawsuit…
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Judge Pitts puts an end to book author John Carreyrou’s attempt to sue the entire US AI industry. Judge severs 5 AI companies from case and keeps suit v. Anthropic alone.

In Carreyrou v. Anthropic, the once omnibus copyright lawsuit against 8 AI companies, Judge Pitts issued his written order, severing the suits against the defendants and dismissing all but the lawsuit against Anthropic, the first named defendant. The cases against Google, xAI, Perplexity AI, Apple and NVIDIA are dismissed. And it remains to be seen…
Read more: Judge Pitts puts an end to book author John Carreyrou’s attempt to sue the entire US AI industry. Judge severs 5 AI companies from case and keeps suit v. Anthropic alone.
Judge Pitts to sever John Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. 8 AI companies. But unclear if Judge will keep case v. Anthropic.

We will soon have greater clarity with what happens to John Carreyrou’s omnibus lawsuit against 8 AI companies (some of which have already been severed). Yesterday, Judge Pitts indicated that he will grant the motions to sever the lawsuit. But he had not decided which cases involving which defendant(s) he would keep. Interestingly, Carreyrou through…
Read more: Judge Pitts to sever John Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. 8 AI companies. But unclear if Judge will keep case v. Anthropic.
Anthropic asks Judge Martinez-Olguin to deem Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cognella lawsuits as related cases to Bartz v. Anthropic

Although Judge Martínez-Olguín expressed doubt of Anthropic’s earlier notice to seek a related case status between Carreyrou v. Anthropic and Bartz v. Anthopic, Anthropic has formally asked the Judge to consider related case status with two recently filed lawsuits Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic and Cognella, Inc. v. Anthropic. Presumably, because Judge Pitts…
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Meta asks Judge Chhabria to relate Cambronne (aka Carreyrou) v. Meta

Meta is seeking directly from Judge Chhabria the designation of Cambronne Inc. v. Meta as related to Kadrey v. Meta. Meta and Cambronne originally asked Judge Pitts to invite such consideration from Judge Chhabria, but Judge Pitts scratched out that idea in a joint stipulation of the parties. Unclear if that was simply as a…
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John Carreyrou’s copyright suit v. OpenAI now officially joined with MDL cases v. OpenAI

Judge Stein now has the the lawsuit Carreyrou et al v. OpenAI, Inc. et al, at the new Docket No. 1:26-cv-03625. This case was once a part of the omnibus copyright lawsuit filed by Carreyrou against 8 different AI companies. The relevant parties stipulated to a severance and a transfer, which Judge Thompson had granted…
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US copyright cases v. AI hits 101. Cambronne v. Meta severed from Cambronne v. Anthropic.

Author John Carreyrou’s lawsuit against the US AI industry started out small. But it may end up spawing 8 different lawsuits against 8 different U.S. AI companies. Already Cambronne v. OpenAI has been severed and sent to the MDL Litigation. And now Cambronne v. Meta has been severed, too. Both were severed by joint stipulation…
Read more: US copyright cases v. AI hits 101. Cambronne v. Meta severed from Cambronne v. Anthropic.