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Hendrix v. Apple copyright case

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Grady Hendrix

v.

Defendants

Authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson allege Apple trained its OpenELM and Apple Intelligence models on pirated books from the Books3 dataset; later consolidated with Martinez-Conde and Alexander v. Apple.

The case

Court
US District Court, Northern District of California
Docket
4:25-cv-07558
Filed
Sep 5, 2025
Status
Active
Next
Further Case Management Conference, Jul 26, 2027 (in 9 months, as last scheduled) Entry

History

3 dated entries
OrderSep 8 · 62d agoORDER DENYING 128 Stipulation Regarding Training Data Inspection Protocol Without PrejudiceSource
HearingAug 25 · 76d agoMinute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Ajay Krishnan: Discovery Hearing on 119 Joint Discovery Letter Brief held on 8/25/2026 via Zoom webinar.Oral argument hearSource
FilingSep 5, 2025 · 14mo agoComplaint filed: Hendrix v. Apple IncSource
CopyrightActiveDec 14 · in 35dDow Jones sued v. PerplexityThe Wall Street Journal and New York Post publishers say Perplexity copies their articles to answer questions.Telephone conferenceS.D. N.Y.filed Oct 2024CopyrightActiveUnverifiedDec 17 · in 38dCarreyrou sued v. Anthropic PBCSued for copyright infringement.Motion to dismiss hearingN.D. Cal.filed Dec 2025CopyrightActiveJan 12, 2027 · in 64dJamendo sued v. NVIDIAJamendo alleges NVIDIA used its music catalog to train audio AI models without permission.Initial case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Jun 2026CopyrightActiveAug 31, 2027 · in 10moGetty Images sued v. Stability AI (N.D. Cal.)Getty refiled its US copyright and trademark claims over Stable Diffusion training in California after its Delaware case stalled on jurisdiction.Dispositive motion hearingN.D. Cal.filed Aug 2025CopyrightActiveUnverifiedfiled Oct 2026Dow Jones & Company, Inc. sued v. Bradstreet & Company, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.S.D. OhioCopyrightActiveUnverifiedfiled Oct 2026Elsevier Inc. sued v. Meta Platforms, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.N.D. Cal.CopyrightActivefiled Sep 2026UMG Recordings sued v. Suno (II)A second label suit against Suno covering about 60,000 additional works, filed parallel to the original 2024 case.D. Mass.CopyrightActivefiled Sep 2026Times Publishing Co. sued v. Microsoft and OpenAITimes Publishing Company alleges Microsoft and OpenAI used its newspaper content without a license to train and run AI products.S.D. N.Y.
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