Nazemian v. NVIDIA copyright case

US District Court, Northern District of California · 4:24-cv-01454 · filed Mar 8, 2024 · Active

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Authors Abdi Nazemian, Brian Keene and Stewart O'Nan allege NVIDIA trained its NeMo Megatron models on the Books3 dataset of pirated books; consolidated with Dubus v. NVIDIA.

The case

Plaintiffs: Abdi Nazemian
Defendants: NVIDIA
Court: US District Court, Northern District of California
Docket: 4:24-cv-01454
Filed: Mar 8, 2024
Status: ActiveJudge Tigar denied most of NVIDIA's motion to dismiss in May 2026.
Next: Discovery Hearing, Oct 19, 2026 (in 3 weeks, as last scheduled) Entry

History

4 dated entries

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Sep 24	Order: ORDER REGARDING SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 DISCOVERY CONFERENCE. Signed by Judge Sallie Kim on 9/24/2026.	Order	Link
Sep 21	Hearing: Minute Entry for proceedings held by Zoom before Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim: Discovery Hearing held on 9/21/2026	Hearing	Link
May 5	Ruling: Order denying most of NVIDIA motion to dismiss	Ruling	Link
Mar 8, 2024	Filing: Complaint filed: Nazemian v. NVIDIA Corporation	Filing	Link

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