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Magistrate Judge Illman denies in part Tremblay plaintiffs’ motion to compel discovery from nonparty Microsoft
Read more: Magistrate Judge Illman denies in part Tremblay plaintiffs’ motion to compel discovery from nonparty MicrosoftUpon further reflection, and upon careful consideration of the submissions, the courtagrees with Microsoft’s contention that “Plaintiffs’ allegation that Microsoft’s internal documentscould somehow be relevant to a willfulness claim against OpenAI also rings hollow.” Id. at 5. Thecourt also agrees with Microsoft’s assertion that Plaintiffs’ belief that Microsoft is in possession ofdocuments beyond those which…
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Magistrate Judge denies Tremblay plaintiffs’ motion to compel third-party Reuters to produce information re any licensing deal with Meta, another non-party
Read more: Magistrate Judge denies Tremblay plaintiffs’ motion to compel third-party Reuters to produce information re any licensing deal with Meta, another non-partyIn Tremblay v. OpenAI, Magistrate Judge Illman denied the plaintiffs’ motion to compel discovery from third-party Reuters to produce information relevant to any licensing deal with Meta. Tremblay argued that this information is relevant to whether a licensing market for content existed at the time OpenAI engaged in its unauthorized use of the plaintiffs’ works.…
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Magistrate Judge Illman sets Zoom hearing re: Microsoft’s motion to quash subpoena as nonparty
Read more: Magistrate Judge Illman sets Zoom hearing re: Microsoft’s motion to quash subpoena as nonpartyMotion Hearing dkt. 248 and discovery letter brief dkts. 267 and 269 set for 2/4/2025 11:00 AM [PDT] in McKinleyville before Magistrate Judge Robert M. Illman. This proceeding will be held via a Zoom webinar. Webinar Access: All counsel, members of the public, and media may access the webinar information at https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/rmi Court Appearances: Advanced…
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OpenAI ordered to turn over “English Colang Dataset” to book authors in Tremblay case
Read more: OpenAI ordered to turn over “English Colang Dataset” to book authors in Tremblay caseIn the Tremblay v. OpenAI case, Magistrate Judge Illman granted the book authors’ request to compel OpenAI to turn over one of the datasets that it used: “English Colang Dataset.” It apparently was difficult to navigate under the data-inspection rules set for discovery by agreement of the parties, as reported by Aruni Soni of Bloomberg…
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Magistrate Judge Illman orders party to try to work out solution to deposing former OpenAI employee Robert Mann, co-founder of Anthropic
Read more: Magistrate Judge Illman orders party to try to work out solution to deposing former OpenAI employee Robert Mann, co-founder of AnthropicMagistrate Judge Illman wants the parties to meet and confer to resolve the dispute raised by non-party Robert Mann, whom the plaintiffs subpoenaed for a deposition: ORDER re 248 MOTION to Quash Plaintiffs’ Third-Party Deposition Subpoena or, in the Alternative, for a Protective Order filed by Benjamin J. Mann. All discovery disputes in this case…
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Tremblay plaintiffs seek discovery re: torrents from OpenAI
Read more: Tremblay plaintiffs seek discovery re: torrents from OpenAIMagistrate Judge Illson denied several discovery motions of the Tremblay book author plaintiffs. Yet, one interesting revelation from the order is that the plaintiffs are seeking discovery related to the word “torrents” from OpenAI. Here’s the Judge’s discussion: As to RFP No. 45 (Use of Torrents), Plaintiffs concede that OpenAI did not and is not…
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Parties dispute scope of discovery of OpenAI’s developing models
Read more: Parties dispute scope of discovery of OpenAI’s developing modelsThe parties in the In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation, consolidated cases brought by book authors, are fighting over the scope of documents discovery request — how much discovery should OpenAI be required to produce related to their in-development models. OpenAI has offered to produce documents related to in-development GPT models. The Plaintiffs want more information…