Anthropic
Anthropic is named in 16 U.S. federal IP lawsuits · 11 active.
Coverage vs. reality
Across the cases naming Anthropic that IP Feed tracks, press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable in 11 and defendant-favorable in 1.
How outlets cover Anthropic
All outlets →- Bloomberg Law News39 articles8P16D15Nleans defendant
- Music Business Worldwide36 articles24P5D7Nleans plaintiff
- Reuters32 articles10P10D12N
- MSN22 articles12P3D7Nleans plaintiff
- Law36022 articles11P6D5Nleans plaintiff
- Publishers Weekly19 articles4P2D13Nleans plaintiff
- Digital Music News16 articles7P2D7Nleans plaintiff
- billboard.com9 articles8P1D0Nleans plaintiff
- Yahoo Finance9 articles4P3D2N
- MediaNama9 articles3P0D6Nleans plaintiff
- IPWatchdog.com9 articles5P1D3Nleans plaintiff
- TechCrunch8 articles6P1D1Nleans plaintiff
Coverage stance is auto-classified per article; “plaintiff” = favors the party bringing the suit, “defendant” = favors the accused. Verify against the original reporting before relying on it.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:25-cv-108972026-07-31Carreyrou v. Anthropic PBC
Journalist John Carreyrou sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over allegedly unlicensed use of his published works.
- ActivePatentDED· 1:26-cv-008872026-07-23University of Tennessee Research Foundation v. Anthropic PBC
University of Tennessee Research Foundation sues Anthropic for allegedly infringing its patent technology.
- ActiveTrademarkN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-067542026-07-23Anthropic, PBC v. Abnormal AI, Inc.
Anthropic sues Abnormal AI for trademark infringement under the Lanham Act.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-044822026-07-22Cruz v. Anthropic PBC
Authors sue Anthropic for training AI on their copyrighted books without permission.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:24-cv-038112026-07-22Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC
Concord Music Group sues Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging the AI company used its songs to train AI models.
- ClosedCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:24-cv-054172026-07-21Bartz v. Anthropic PBC
Bartz sues Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging the AI company used protected works without permission.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:26-cv-023342026-07-20BMG Rights Management (US) LLC v. Anthropic PBC
BMG Rights Management sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over AI training on music compositions.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:26-cv-008802026-07-20Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC
Concord Music Group sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over AI training on musical works without permission.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-059312026-07-14Shakespeare v. Anthropic PBC
Authors and publishers sue Anthropic for training AI models on copyrighted books without permission.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-046492026-07-02Kwon v. Anthropic PBC
Multiple authors sue Anthropic for allegedly using their copyrighted books to train AI without permission.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-042182026-07-02Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC v. Anthropic PBC
Chicken Soup for the Soul sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over use of its literary works in AI training.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-040562026-07-02Cognella, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC
Cognella sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over alleged unauthorized use of published textbooks in AI training.
- ClosedCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:25-cv-063272026-06-25Trinidad v. Anthropic PBC
Trinidad sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over alleged unauthorized use of creative works in AI training.
- ClosedCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:26-cv-010442026-06-02Goddard v. Anthropic PBC
Goddard sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over training data used in AI models.
- ClosedCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:25-cv-056432026-05-29Reddit, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC
Reddit sues Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging the AI company used Reddit's posts to train its Claude models without permission.
- DormantCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:25-mc-801782025-07-31Reddit, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC
Reddit sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over use of Reddit content to train AI models.