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Gardner v. Runway AI copyright case

US District Court, Central District of California · 2:26-cv-01941 · filed Feb 23, 2026 · Active

Docket

Proposed class action alleging Runway trained its video generation models on copyrighted videos without permission.

The case

Plaintiffs
Gardner
Defendants
Runway
Court
US District Court, Central District of California
Docket
2:26-cv-01941
Filed
Feb 23, 2026
Status
Active

History

2 dated entries
DateEntry
May 20Order: ORDER RE STIPULATION TO TRANSFER ACTION TO UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 21 by Judge Dolly M. Gee
Feb 23Filing: Complaint filed: David Vance Gardner v. Runway AI, Inc.

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David Vance Gardner v. Runway AI, Inc.

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