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In re Salesforce LLM Copyright Infringement Litigation (Tanzer v. Salesforce) copyright case

US District Court, Northern District of California · 3:25-cv-08862 · filed Oct 15, 2025 · Active

Docket

Authors allege Salesforce trained its xGen language models on pirated books from datasets such as RedPajama and The Pile; consolidated with Alexander v. Salesforce.

The case

Plaintiffs
Molly Tanzer
Defendants
Salesforce
Court
US District Court, Northern District of California
Docket
3:25-cv-08862
Filed
Oct 15, 2025
Status
Active

History

4 dated entries
DateEntry
Jul 7Hearing: Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert M. Illman: Discovery Hearing held on 7/7/2026
Jun 11Order: Order by Magistrate Judge Robert M. Illman denying 55 Stipulation. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court
May 29Order: ORDER REFERRING CASE to Magistrate Judge for Discovery purposes
Oct 15, 2025Filing: Complaint filed: In re Salesforce LLM Copyright Infringement Litigation

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