In re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation copyright case
Brought by
J.L.
v.
Consolidated class action by authors and visual artists alleging Google trained Bard, Gemini and Imagen on their copyrighted works without permission; combines the Leovy (J.L. v. Alphabet) and Zhang suits.
The case
- Court
- US District Court, Northern District of California
- Docket
- 5:23-cv-03440
- Filed
- Jul 11, 2023
- Status
- Active
History
4 dated entriesRelated cases
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Dow 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 2024Carreyrou sued v.
Anthropic PBCSued for copyright infringement.Motion to dismiss hearingN.D. Cal.filed Dec 2025
Jamendo sued v.
NVIDIAJamendo alleges NVIDIA used its music catalog to train audio AI models without permission.Initial case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Jun 2026Hendrix sued v.
AppleAuthors 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.Further case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Sep 2025
Getty 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 2025
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. sued v. Bradstreet & Company, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.S.D. Ohio
Elsevier Inc. sued v. Meta Platforms, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.N.D. Cal.
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