Cengage Learning, Inc. v. Google LLC
Summary
Cengage Learning sues Google for copyright infringement over unauthorized digitization and distribution of its textbooks.
Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.
Coverage vs reality meter
Coverage events: 9P · 6D · 13N (116 articles)
6 near-identical articles from 5 outlets ran within 2d, all plaintiff-favorable, with no court event to explain the burst. Could be a coordinated push — judge the sources.
Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet. 6 near-identical articles from 5 outlets ran within 49h, all plaintiff-favorable, with no court event to explain the burst — a possible coordinated push.
Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter
56 plaintiff-favorable · 11 defendant-favorable · 49 neutral articles
The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 9 plaintiff · 6 defendant · 13 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.
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Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time
Counsel of record
- Oppenheim & Zebrak, LLPJeff Kane, Lauren Bergelson
- Oppenheim and Zebrak, LLPYunyi Chen
- Oppenheim & Zebrak LLPUriel Lee
- Oppenheim + Zebrak, LLPMichele Harrington Murphy
- Oppenheim and Zebrak LLPDanae Tinelli
- Latham & Watkins LLPAllison Levine Stillman, Caroline Clarke, Jennifer Ferrigno +7 more
- Latham & Watkins LLP (DC)Sarah Ann Tomkowiak
- Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLPNicholas Alan Roethlisberger
- Latham and WatkinsHolly Kathleen Victorson
- Latham & WatkinsBrent Murphy
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- Docket no.
- 1:24-cv-04274
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Judge
- Jennifer L. Rochon
- Filed
- 2024-06-05
- Last filing
- 2026-09-04
Cause
17:101 Copyright Infringement