Cognella v. Meta copyright case

US District Court, Northern District of California · 3:26-cv-04053 · filed May 4, 2026 · Active

Academic publisher Cognella alleges Meta used pirated copies of its textbooks to train Llama.

The case

2 dated entries

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Sep 18	Order: ORDER by Judge Thomas S. Hixson granting (134) Administrative Motion for Alternative Service in case 3:26-cv-02333-VC; granting (261) Administrative Motion in case 3:26-cv-03725-VC	Order	Link
May 4	Filing: Complaint filed: Cognella, Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.	Filing	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
Sep 25Further Case Management Conference Todaynext date	Kadrey v. MetaFurther Case Management ConferenceActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.	Copyright	Active	Jul 7, 2023
Sep 29Case Management Conference in 4dnext date	Encyclopaedia Britannica v. PerplexityCase Management ConferenceActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Sep 10, 2025
Oct 1Scheduling Conference in 6dnext date	Gilbert v. AnthropicScheduling ConferenceActiveCopyrightD. Mass.	Copyright	Active	May 26
Oct 6Next Case Management Conference in 11dnext date	In re Meta Pixel Healthcare LitigationNext Case Management ConferenceActivePrivacyN.D. Cal.	Privacy	Active	Jun 17, 2022
Oct 8Oral Argument in 13dnext date	Hachette Book Group v. GoogleOral ArgumentActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Jul 10
Oct 14Telephonic status hearing in 19dnext date	Woulard v. SunoTelephonic status hearingActiveCopyrightN.D. Ill.	Copyright	Active	Oct 16, 2025
Oct 15Initial Case Management Conference in 20dnext date	EVOX Productions v. GoogleInitial Case Management ConferenceActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.	Copyright	Active	Jul 9
Oct 19Discovery Hearing in 24dnext date	Nazemian v. NVIDIADiscovery HearingActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.	Copyright	Active	Mar 8, 2024

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Cognella, Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.