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In Re: OpenAI, Inc. Copyright Infringement Litigation

  1. October 28, 2025

    OpenAI Can't Strike Authors' Pirated Book Download Claims

    OpenAI cannot shave copyright infringement claims alleging it downloaded books from illegal online sources out of litigation brought by some of the biggest names in literature and journalism, a Manhattan federal judge ruled, rejecting the artificial intelligence company's argument that the allegation violated a court order barring new claims.

  2. October 27, 2025

    OpenAI Can't Shake Authors' ChatGPT Infringement Claim

    Some of the biggest names in literature and journalism can pursue their claim of direct copyright infringement against OpenAI based on the outputs of ChatGPT, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Monday, saying the complaint "squarely alleges" actual copying of the writers' works and substantially similar artificial intelligence outputs.

  3. October 08, 2025

    OpenAI Says Copyright Case Isn't About AI Outputs

    OpenAI told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday that a group of authors should not be allowed to argue that ChatGPT spits out summaries or verbatim portions of their books in a copyright infringement case, saying this is an additional theory of infringement that would make discovery more onerous than it already is.

  4. September 10, 2025

    Plaintiffs Seek Info From Microsoft, OpenAI In Copyright MDL

    A proposed class of authors suing over the alleged use of works to train ChatGPT has asked a Manhattan federal judge to force Microsoft to hand over documents they said could be a "smoking gun of copyright infringement," while a group of news organizations said OpenAI should turn over materials on low-quality, artificial intelligence-generated news sites. 

  5. July 21, 2025

    Copyright And TM Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2025

    The U.S. Supreme Court will evaluate contributory liability in a $1 billion copyright case involving internet service providers, and the Federal Circuit will assess the latest attempted trademark registration testing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's comfort with profanity. Here are the copyright and trademark cases to watch for the rest of the year.

  6. July 16, 2025

    OpenAI, Microsoft Challenge Authors' Proposed Class Action

    OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft each have lodged challenges in New York federal court to a consolidated proposed class action from a group of best-selling authors who claim their works were used to train ChatGPT, saying the consolidated litigation went beyond the court's permissible scope.

  7. June 26, 2025

    OpenAI Loses Data Hold Round In News Orgs' Copyright Fight

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday refused to overturn a ruling that directed OpenAI to preserve ChatGPT logs in ongoing copyright infringement litigation brought by news organizations against the company and Microsoft, after hearing an hourslong "tutorial" about the ins and outs of generative artifical intelligence.

  8. June 20, 2025

    Judge Denies Raw Story, AlterNet's Bid To Revive OpenAI Suit

    A Manhattan federal judge has denied a request from AlterNet and Raw Story to reconsider the dismissal of their lawsuit accusing OpenAI of removing author and copyright information from material to train ChatGPT, saying the plaintiffs can appeal to the Second Circuit.

  9. June 18, 2025

    News Orgs Urge Court To Stick With OpenAI Evidence Order

    A group of news organizations has asked a Manhattan federal judge to reject OpenAI's request to terminate an order for it to retain output log data for user conversations with ChatGPT, saying the order is necessary to prevent the company from deleting further evidence in a case alleging news articles were improperly used to train the generative artificial intelligence model.

  10. June 06, 2025

    OpenAI CEO Calls NYT's ChatGPT Log Demand 'Inappropriate'

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his company have said they intend to appeal a Manhattan federal court order mandating the preservation of ChatGPT logs at the request of The New York Times and other news agencies in ongoing copyright infringement litigation, saying the demand goes too far.