Category: Lawsuits

Proposed-Intervenor Dr. Kenneth Saladin loses bid to intervene in Elsevier v. Meta to represent subclass of textbook authors v. publishers

Judge Castel denied, without prejudice and subject to a possible renewed motion when class certification is considered, the motion of Proposed-Intervenor Dr. Kenneth Saladin, a distinguished professor emeritus of biology at Georgia College & State University. Saladin proposed to represent a subclass of textbook authors in the copyright suit mainly publishers filed against Meta and Mark…
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UMG Recordings files reply in support of leave to file 2d Amended Complaint v. Suno

UMG Recordings filed its reply in support of its motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, adding more than 60,000 works to the scope of the copyright infringement claim. Suno’s opposition is here: The case is before Judge Saylor in the District of Massachusetts. Excerpt of UMG Recordings’ reply: DOWNLOAD THE REPLY OF…
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New York Times’ contributory infringement claims fails under Supreme Court’s standard set forth in Cox Communications, says OpenAI

The Supreme Court’s recent clarification in Cox Communication v. Sony Music Entertainment that claims for contributory infringement under copyright law requires proof of intentional conduct by a provider of a service has now entered the picture in one of the most important set of cases, In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation. As we predicted, Cox…
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Audio of Oral argument in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence

Today the Third Circuit heard oral argument in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. Here is the audio: Related Story:
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Kadrey asks Judge Chhabria to certify for interlocutory appeal to 9th Circuit the Judge’s 2025 summary judgment re: Meta’s downloading from shadow libraries for the purpose of AI training

As they indicated at a recent hearing, the Kadrey plaintiffs are asking Judge Chhabria to certify a part of his June 2025 partial summary judgment order. At the hearing, Judge Chhabria said they can file a motion and he’d consider it, but cautioned that the 9th Circuit seldom grants interlocutory appeal. Kadrey presents this question…
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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…
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Is turnabout fair play?defendant Nanoble sues Disney, Universal, Warner for allegedly violating terms of use of AI generator Hailuo AI to produce allegedly infringing outputs for suit v. Nanoble. Counterclaim asserts movie studios must indemnify Nanoble under terms of use if it loses suit to studios.

Is turnabout fair play? Defendant Nanoble must think so. In answering the copyright claims filed by Disney, Universal City Studios, and Warner Brothers against Nanoble and other companies associated with the Hailuo AI generator, Nanoble has filed two counterclaims against the movie studios. Yes, Nanoble is suing the movie studios, which are suing Nanoble for…
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American Federation of Musicians v. Warner Music Group COMPLAINT

American Federation of Musicians sued Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group for settling their claims against Suno and Uncharted Labs allegedly in violation of their collective bargaining agreement. The CBA “contains a ‘new use‘ provision that requires music companies to notify the AFM of licenses and other transfers of rights in music that is…
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Judge Gonzalez-Rogers ask parties in Hendrix v. Apple for schedule for possible early resolution of “the core issue of fair use.”

Judge Gonzalez-Rogers, who presided over the Musk v. Altman trial, has another big case: Hendrix v. Apple. Notably, in her order this week, Judge Gonzalez-Rogers “further instructed to discuss and consider whether earlier summary judgment motions on the core issue of fair use are possible as part of the scheduling decision.” Apple already teed up…
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Suno opposes UMG Recordings’ request to file a 2d Amended Complaint to add add 61,026 more works

Suno filed its opposition to UMG Recordings’ motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, adding 61,026 more works allegedly infringed as well as DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Excerpt:
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