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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…
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Nazemian files Amended Complaint v. NVIDIA
Read more: Nazemian files Amended Complaint v. NVIDIAIt must be Amended Complaint Day. Nazemian just filed a proposed Amended Complaint against NVIDIA.The only catch is Nazemian himself has dropped out of the lawsuit. So it would become Keene v. NVIDIA. Judge Tigar will consider whether to grant Plaintiffs leave to amend to file this complaint. A hearing is set for Jan. 8,…
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Judge Tigar reschedules Further Case Management conference for Mar. 20, 2026 in Nazemian v. NVIDIA
Read more: Judge Tigar reschedules Further Case Management conference for Mar. 20, 2026 in Nazemian v. NVIDIAJudge Tigar rescheduled the Further Case Management Conference in Nazemian v. NVIDIA: ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCEBecause the parties “agree that this case is proceeding apace and that a Case Management Conference is not necessary at this time,” ECF No. 221 at 2, the case management conference scheduled for December 5, 2025 is continued to…
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Abdi Nazemian wants to drop out of the copyright suit he filed v. NVIDIA
Read more: Abdi Nazemian wants to drop out of the copyright suit he filed v. NVIDIAWell, it looks like filing a copyright lawsuit against an AI company is not all that it’s cracked up to be. Abdi Nazemian, the book author who is the lead plaintiff in Nazemian v. NVIDIA, is seeking to drop out of the lawsuit after only a year and a half. There are still other plaintiffs…