In Re: OpenAI, Inc. Copyright Infringement Litigation
Summary
Multiple parties sue OpenAI for copyright infringement over training its AI models on copyrighted works.
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Counsel of record
- Freedman Normand Friedland LLPAlex Potter, Kyle William Roche, Velvel (Devin) Freedman
- Stris & Maher LLPBridget Asay, Christopher M Rigali
- Elizabeth Rogers Brannen, Esq.Elizabeth Rogers Brannen
- Stris & MaherJacqueline K. Sahlberg
- Morrison & Foerster LLPRyan Keats
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPIsaac Sawlih Behnawa, Johnathan Vaknin
- Independent counselLauren Sonnenberg, Lucy Hoffman
- Klaris LawBrendan Thomas Kehoe
- Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLPAsim M. Bhansali
- MILLER KORZENIK SOMMERS RAYMAN LLPDavid S. Korzenik
- Ruttenberg IP Law, A Professional CorporationRachel Mae Bandli
- Susman Godfrey LLPChristina Dieckmann
- Pryor Cashman LLPMaya Katalan
- Boies Schiller Flexner LLPAnnabel Weinbach
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLPMegan Bannigan
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- Docket no.
- 1:25-md-03143
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Judge
- Sidney H. Stein
- Filed
- 2025-04-11
- Last filing
- 2026-10-21
Cause
17:101 Copyright Infringement
Parties
wikiHow, Inc. (plaintiff) Dana Loewy (plaintiff) Lion Den, Inc. (plaintiff) Kevin T. Patton (plaintiff) Alan J. Marcus (plaintiff) Zvi Bodie (plaintiff) Kenneth S. Saladin (plaintiff) Michael Sullivan (plaintiff) Wick Communications (plaintiff) White Mountain Publishing LLC (plaintiff) WEHCO Newspapers, Inc. (plaintiff) Straus Newspapers, Inc. (plaintiff) Straus Media-Manhattan, LLC (plaintiff) OpenAI Global, LLC (defendant) OpenAI OpCo, LLC (defendant) OpenAI Foundation (f/k/a OpenAI Inc.) (defendant) OpenAI Foundation (defendant) D.A. Publishing, LC (defendant) AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (defendant) United States of America (interested party)
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