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Judge Tigar asks for briefing on appeal of discovery order on scope of discovery re: datasets NVIDIA downloaded
Read more: Judge Tigar asks for briefing on appeal of discovery order on scope of discovery re: datasets NVIDIA downloadedJudge Tigar ordered the parties to file supplemental, 5-page briefs on the Plaintiff Nazemian’s appeal of Magistrate Kim’s ruling that NVIDIA did not have to divulge datasets it downloaded after July 1, 2024. Judge Tigar’s Order for Supplemental Briefing:
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Judge Tigar recuses himself from newly filed Shakespeare v. Anthropic
Read more: Judge Tigar recuses himself from newly filed Shakespeare v. AnthropicJudge Jon S. Tigar issued an order of recusal from the newly filed Shakespeare v. Anthropic. There’s a good chance this case will be considered a case related to the earliest filed book author suit, Carreyrou v. Anthropic before Judge Pitts, who could get all the book author / publisher suits against Anthropic other than Bartz…
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Judge Tigar dismisses vicarious liability claim but allows all others by Nazemian v. NVIDIA
Read more: Judge Tigar dismisses vicarious liability claim but allows all others by Nazemian v. NVIDIAIn the lawsuit filed by book authors Nazemian against NVIDIA, Judge Tigar is allowing all of the claims against NVIDIA to proceed except for the vicarious infringement claim. It’s not surprising, but the analysis of the contributory infringement claim deserves attention below. Excerpt: Court’s Analysis of post-Cox Contributory Infringement Claim Interesting is Judge Tigar’s analysis…
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Cox Communications decision looms large over AI lawsuits as parties file supplemental briefs and letters on Supreme Court’s decision
Read more: Cox Communications decision looms large over AI lawsuits as parties file supplemental briefs and letters on Supreme Court’s decisionThe Supreme Court’s clarification, in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, of the standards for contributory infringement based on a showing of the defendant’s intent continues to reverberate in the copyright lawsuits against AI companies. The Court held: “To establish that a provider intended its service to be used for infringement, a copyright owner must…
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Judge Tigar sets scheduling order in Nazemian v. NVIDIA. Class certification hearing Aug. 26, 2027, but SJ yet to be scheduled.
Read more: Judge Tigar sets scheduling order in Nazemian v. NVIDIA. Class certification hearing Aug. 26, 2027, but SJ yet to be scheduled.Judge Tigar issued part of the scheduling order in Nazemian v. NVIDIA. The class certification hearing won’t be until Aug. 26, 2027. And the Judge will later issue the schedule for summary judgment motions.
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Judge Tigar denies NVIDIA’s request to bar written discovery pending resolution of its motion to stay discovery while the court decides its motion to dismiss
Read more: Judge Tigar denies NVIDIA’s request to bar written discovery pending resolution of its motion to stay discovery while the court decides its motion to dismissJudge Tigar denied NVIDIA’s motion for a protective order to bar written discovery in the case filed by Nazemian book authors. Pending before Judge Tigar is NVIDIA’s motion to stay discovery as the court decides NVIDIA’s motion to dismiss. But Judge Tigar ruled that there was no basis to issue such a protective order and…
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NVIDIA asks Judge Tigar to dismiss Nazemian’s First Amended Complaint
Read more: NVIDIA asks Judge Tigar to dismiss Nazemian’s First Amended ComplaintNVIDIA has filed a motion to dismiss Nazemian book authors’ First Amended Complaint. NVIDIA also seeks to stay discovery on the claims and allegations subject to their motion to dismiss. Hearing set for 4/2/2026 02:00 PM in Oakland, Courtroom 6, 2nd Floor before Judge Jon S. Tigar Excerpt: NVIDIA MOTION TO DISMISS
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Bad news for NVIDIA: Judge Tigar allows Plaintiffs to add copyright infringement claims for alleged use of other Shadow Libraries, in training more LLMs of NVIDIA, and adding new claims of secondary liability
Read more: Bad news for NVIDIA: Judge Tigar allows Plaintiffs to add copyright infringement claims for alleged use of other Shadow Libraries, in training more LLMs of NVIDIA, and adding new claims of secondary liabilityNVIDIA suffered a major defeat in its defense in the Nazemian lawsuit. Judge Tigar just granted leave to plaintiffs to file a First Amended Complaint to add additional allegations and claims, and against more AI models trained by NVIDIA: (1) allegations identifying additional LLMs that NVIDIA developed using Plaintiffs’ copyrightedworks; (2) allegations that NVIDIA illegally…