Reddit, Inc. v. SerpApi LLC
Summary
Reddit sues SerpApi, Perplexity, and data scrapers for copyright infringement and DMCA violations.
Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.
Coverage vs reality meter
Prior 6P · 8D · 12N (127 articles)→Recent 30d 1P · 0D · 1N (4 articles)
Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet.
Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter
81 plaintiff-favorable · 12 defendant-favorable · 38 neutral articles
The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 7 plaintiff · 8 defendant · 13 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.
- Reddit Accuses Former Law Firm of Switching Sides to Defend Perplexity AILaw Commentary · 2026-10-13
- Reddit Can Proceed With Scraping Claims Against Perplexity, SerpApi 08/03/2026MediaPost · 2026-08-07
- Reddit Gives Content Hosts an Upper Hand Against AI Scraping (1)Bloomberg Law News · 2026-08-07
- Perplexity AI loses bid to toss Reddit lawsuit over data scrapingTradingView · 2026-08-03
- Reddit faces antitrust counterclaims over $60m Google-only crawler dealPPC Land · 2026-09-02
- “Google and Reddit Don’t Own the Internet” – A Federal Court Just AgreedGadget Review · 2026-07-28
- “Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court winArs Technica · 2026-07-27
- Web Scraper Seeks Toss Of Reddit Copyright ClaimsLaw360 · 2026-07-23
Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time
Counsel of record
- Bartlit Beck LLPGiovanni J. Sanchez, Reid M. Bolton
- Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP (IL)Matthew Raymond Ford
- Wollmuth, Maher & Deutsch, LLPWilliam Andrew Maher
- Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLPJustin Zimnoch
- Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLPBenjamin David Rothstein, Christina Lee, Eric H. MacMichael +1 more
- Farella Braun & Martel LLPJames Alexander Reese, Raven Quesenberry, Victoria Constance Huang
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (NYC)Jessica Falk, Sarah Ryu
- Wiggin and Dana LLPKate Elizabeth Cassidy, Tala Sebastian
- N. Read & Co. PLLCNathaniel P. T. Read
- Weil Gotshal & Manges LLPNili T. Moghaddam
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLPJeffrey G. Homrig
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- Docket no.
- 1:25-cv-08736
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Judge
- Paul A. Engelmayer
- Filed
- 2025-10-22
- Last filing
- 2026-10-21
Cause
17:1201 Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Entities in this case
Parties
Reddit, Inc. (plaintiff) Perplexity AI, Inc. (defendant) AWMProxy (defendant) Oxylabs UAB (defendant) SerpApi LLC (defendant)
Docket entries
- 2026-04-28
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- 2026-03-23
Set/Reset Deadlines: Responses due by 4/17/2026 Replies due by 5/8/2026. (ar)
- 2026-02-13
Set/Reset Deadlines: Perplexity AI, Inc. answer due 3/13/2026; SerpApi LLC answer due 3/13/2026. (tg)
- 2025-12-12
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- 2025-12-12
>>>NOTICE REGARDING PRO HAC VICE MOTION. Regarding Document No. 36 MOTION for Eric H. MacMichael to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-32123505. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff.. The document has been reviewed and there are no deficiencies. (rju)
- 2025-12-12
>>>NOTICE REGARDING PRO HAC VICE MOTION. Regarding Document No. 37 MOTION for Sharif E. Jacob to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-32123530. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff.. The document has been reviewed and there are no deficiencies. (rju)
- 2025-11-12
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- 2025-11-12
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- 2025-11-12
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- 2025-11-06
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- 2025-10-31
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- 2025-10-30
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- 2025-10-30
>>>NOTICE REGARDING PRO HAC VICE MOTION. Regarding Document No. 13 MOTION for Reid M. Bolton to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Filing fee $ 200.00, receipt number ANYSDC-31926637. Motion and supporting papers to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff.. The document has been reviewed and there are no deficiencies. (rju)
- 2025-10-23
CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge Paul A. Engelmayer. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned District Judge, located at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/district-judges. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. Please download and review the ECF Rules and Instructions, located at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/rules/ecf-related-instructions..(vf)
- 2025-10-23
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- 2025-10-23
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- 2025-10-23
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- 2025-10-23
***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING CIVIL. CASE OPENING STATISTICAL ERROR CORRECTION: Notice to attorney William Andrew Maher. The following case opening statistical information was erroneously selected/entered: Nature of Suit code 820 (Copyright). The following correction(s) have been made to your case entry: the Nature of Suit code has been modified to 890 (Other Statutory Actions). (vf)
- 2025-10-23
Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses is designated to handle matters that may be referred in this case. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link: https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/AO-3.pdf. (vf)
Docket history from CourtListener/RECAP — most recent first.