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Category: Lawsuits

OpenAI opposes Elon Musk’s “amended” notice of remedies as belated bait and switch weeks before trial

On April 7, Elon Musk filed an “amended” notice of remedies. In it, he appears to change the remedies he is seeking at his upcoming trial. Originally, on Jan. 16, 2026, Musk described the monetary remedies as follows, with brief mention of potential injunctive relief: Nowhere did Musk say that such monetary recovery would go…
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Why is it open season on OpenAI?

Yesterday, we announced the launch of our AI Copyright Case Tracker. We think it provides the public with a wealth of information and insights about the 130 copyright lawsuits against AI companies raging around the world. Fully 100 of the copyright lawsuits have been filed right here in the United States, where most of the…
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Today’s launch of new AI Copyright Case Tracker via ChatGPT Is Eating the World

To commemorate the milestone of hitting 100 copyright lawsuits against AI companies in the United States since January 2023, plus at least 30 more in the rest of the world, we created a new AI Copyright Case Tracker. You can visit here. This AI Copyright Case Tracker builds from much data we collected and shared…
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ROSS Intelligence informs Third Circuit of recent fair use decision from Third Circuit in case similarly related to law search

ROSS Intelligence filed a Rule 28(j) letter to inform the Third Circuit panel in its appeal in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence of an important new Third Circuit decision on fair use (at the preliminary injunction stage) handed down on April 7. That decision in American Society for Testing & Materials v. UpCodes, Inc. involves…
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Judge Chhabria is assigned Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic. But case may be related to Cambronne v. Anthropic filed by the same law firm

Judge Chhabria was assigned the Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic omnibus lawsuit. But it could be subject to a motion to relate the case to the similar Cambronne v. Anthropic, filed by the same law firm. Yet there’s a tantalizing possibility that both omnibus copyright suits are severed into 8 separate lawsuits for…
Read more: Judge Chhabria is assigned Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic. But case may be related to Cambronne v. Anthropic filed by the same law firm
Judge Martinez-Olguin pushes back Final Approval of Settlement Hearing to May 14, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Will allow timely class member objectors to appear via Zoom.

In Bartz v. Anthropic, Judge Martinez-Olguin moved the date of the hearing to consider the Class Counsel’s motion for final approval of the settlement and of the motion for attorneys’ fees to May 14, 2026, 2 PM. (The original date was April 23.) The change was to accommodate objections from class members that had not…
Read more: Judge Martinez-Olguin pushes back Final Approval of Settlement Hearing to May 14, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Will allow timely class member objectors to appear via Zoom.
Getty Images, Stability AI answer question from Judge Thompson re: motion to dismiss ahead of 4/7/2026 2:00 PM hearing

The parties in Getty Images v. Stability AI have answered the questions sent by Judge Trina Thompson ahead of the hearing on the partial motion to dismiss filed by Stability AI. The hearing is on 4/7/2026 at 2:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 09. Question 1: My comment: Courts have in fact referred to “double scienter”…
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Latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies (April 5, 2026)

The latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies is now out. There are 130 copyright suits against AI companies = 100 in US and 30 in the rest of the world. We added: (1) Koda v. Suno in Denmark; (2) RTI & Medusa Film v. Perplexity AI in Italy. Plus, many others in…
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English translation of Munich I Regional Court’s decision in GEMA v. OpenAI (case no. 42 O 14139/24). (AI translated)

After struggling to find any English translation of the important decision of first instance by Munich I Regional Court in GEMA v. OpenAI (case no. 42 O 14139/24), we made an unofficial English translation with the help of AI. The German opinion can be found here. PLEASE NOTE: This is an unofficial translation. We don’t…
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Updated U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies (Apr. 3, 2026)

We added the 3 new copyright suits filed by Ted Entertainment against Apple, OpenAI, and Amazon. The creator of YouTube videos has now filed a total of 7 lawsuits all alleging the same claim of Section 1201(a) for violation of the anti-circumvention provision. Expect more. DOWNLOAD THE LATEST US MAP OF COPYRIGHT SUITS V. AI…
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