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In MiniMax suit, Nanoble moves to dismiss Disney’s copyright claims, citing lack of direct infringement and no contributory infringement under Supreme Court’s decision in Cox
Defendant Nanoble in Disney v. MiniMax has filed two motions to dismiss: one based on lack of personal jurisdiction (12(b)(2)) and the other based on failure to state a claim for relief (12(b)(3)). The latter motion offers various grounds to dismiss the complaint of Disney, summarized as follows: Nanoble’s citation of the Supreme Court’s recent Read more
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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 Read more
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Judge Chhabria, sua sponte, puts an end to copyright owner’s attempts to file omnibus copyright lawsuit v. entire AI industry. Judge severs lawsuit against 8 AI companies, but keeps the one against Meta as related to Kadrey v. Meta.
Judge Chhabria rained on the parade of the copyright owner who sought to sue the entire U.S. AI industry, in an omnibus copyright suit against 8 different AI companies: In Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic, Judge Chhabria sua sponte severed the defendants due to improper joinder and dismissed the lawsuit against seven of Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more