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YouTube creator Petryazhna (of Millette suit) voluntarily dismisses suit v. Google
Read more: YouTube creator Petryazhna (of Millette suit) voluntarily dismisses suit v. GoogleAnother one of the Millette trio of cases has been voluntarily dismissed. First it was Millette v. NVIDIA. Now, it’s Millette v. Google, or, more accurately, Petryazhna v. Google after the case was recaptioned. The parties were scheduled to have a case management hearing today at 10 AM before Judge Davila. But, presumably, that is…
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Chegg v. Google complaint.
Read more: Chegg v. Google complaint.Although this lawsuit does not (yet) involve a copyright claim, it’s worth tracking in light of Brave Software’s recently filed lawsuit against Dow Jones: Chegg v. Google. Both lawsuits, along with New York Times v. Microsoft, deal with combining AI with search engines, such as with retrieval augmented generation (RAG). For the Times case, Bing…
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Google, NVIDIA file their motions to dismiss state law claims of YouTube creators Millette
Read more: Google, NVIDIA file their motions to dismiss state law claims of YouTube creators MilletteGoogle and NVIDIA both filed their motions to dismiss Millette’s state law claims. Millette didn’t oppose a similar motion in its third lawsuit against OpenAI. So, we should expect Millette won’t do so here, either. That would leave only the claim for federal copyright infringement in each of the three lawsuits.
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Leovy, Zhang plaintiffs file opposition to Google’s motion to dismiss, motion to strike class allegations
Read more: Leovy, Zhang plaintiffs file opposition to Google’s motion to dismiss, motion to strike class allegationsThe plaintiffs in the In re Google Generative AI consolidated litigation filed their opposition to Google’s motion to dismiss. They also filed oppositions to Google’s related motion for judicial notice and motion to strike the class allegations.
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Google files motion to strike plaintiffs’ broad class allegations as improper “fail safe” class
Read more: Google files motion to strike plaintiffs’ broad class allegations as improper “fail safe” classWe are finally beginning to see some legal challenge to the scope and definition of the classes in the lawsuits against AI companies. Google filed a motion to strike allegations related what it argues is a “fail-safe class,” which is improper. Here’s a bit of Google’s argument: One category of classes that fails the requirements…
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Google files motion to dismiss in In re Google Generative AI Litigation
Read more: Google files motion to dismiss in In re Google Generative AI LitigationGoogle filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Consolidated Complaint filed by the artists and content creators in In re Google Generative AI Litigation. The Table of Contents and brief are below:
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Consolidated complaint filed in In re Google Generative AI Litigation
Read more: Consolidated complaint filed in In re Google Generative AI LitigationThe plaintiffs filed their consolidated complaint in the In re Google Generative AI Litigation. The case is headed to private mediation.
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Scheduling order out for In re Google Generative AI Litigation
Read more: Scheduling order out for In re Google Generative AI LitigationJudge Lee, who presides over the In re Google Generative AI Litigation (as well as Concord Music v. Anthropic) issued the scheduling order. The case is also assigned to private mediation. A jury trial is scheduled for September 14, 2026, to last 10 – 14 days.
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Judge Lee held case management hearing in In re Google Generative AI Litigation. Order on interim forthcoming.
Read more: Judge Lee held case management hearing in In re Google Generative AI Litigation. Order on interim forthcoming.Judge Lee held a case management hearing on Dec. 18 in the In re Google Generative AI Litigation (formerly Zhang v. Google and J.L. v. Google). Here’s the note on the docket: “Initial Case Management Conference held on 12/18/2024. Case management and scheduling order to issue. Written order to issue regarding 80 Plaintiffs’ unopposed request…
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Judge Lee sets Zoom hearing in In re Google Gen AI litigation for Dec. 18, 1:30 PM PDT
Read more: Judge Lee sets Zoom hearing in In re Google Gen AI litigation for Dec. 18, 1:30 PM PDTJudge Lee set a Zoom hearing for case management in the In re Google Generative AI Litigation (formerly Zhang and Leovy v. Google) for Dec. 18, 1:30 PDT. CLERK’S NOTICE OF REQUIRED REGISTRATION FOR ZOOM HEARING. The Initial Case Management Conference is set for 12/18/2024 at 01:30 PM before Judge Eumi K. Lee by Zoom.…