Anthropic
Anthropic is named in 18 U.S. federal IP lawsuits · 13 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; 1 show signs of coordinated coverage.
How outlets cover Anthropic
All outlets →- Music Business Worldwide56 articles32P6D18Nleans plaintiff
- Bloomberg Law News39 articles8P16D15Nleans defendant
- Reuters32 articles10P10D12N
- Law36023 articles10P6D7Nleans plaintiff
- MSN22 articles12P3D7Nleans plaintiff
- Yahoo Finance21 articles15P3D3Nleans plaintiff
- Publishers Weekly20 articles4P2D14Nleans plaintiff
- TechCrunch16 articles13P1D2Nleans plaintiff
- Digital Music News16 articles7P2D7Nleans plaintiff
- billboard.com13 articles11P1D1Nleans plaintiff
- Fortune12 articles9P3D0Nleans plaintiff
- NewsBytes11 articles7P1D3Nleans plaintiff
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From the blog on Anthropic
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-059312026-10-09Shakespeare v. Anthropic PBC
Authors and publishers sue Anthropic for training AI models on copyrighted books without permission.
- ActivePatentDED· 1:26-cv-008872026-10-05University of Tennessee Research Foundation v. Anthropic PBC
University of Tennessee Research Foundation sues Anthropic for allegedly infringing its patent technology.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:25-cv-108972026-10-01Carreyrou v. Anthropic PBC
Journalists and authors including John Carreyrou are suing AI companies including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, and others for copyright infringement, alleging their published works were used to train large language models without permission or compensation. The case targets the unauthorized use of copyrighted articles, books, and journalism to build commercial AI systems.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:26-cv-023342026-09-30BMG Rights Management (US) LLC v. Anthropic PBC
BMG Rights Management sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over AI training on music compositions.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:24-cv-038112026-09-30Concord 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.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:26-cv-008802026-09-30Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC
Concord Music Group sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over AI training on musical works without permission.
- ClosedCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:24-cv-054172026-09-29Bartz v. Anthropic PBC
Bartz sues Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging the AI company used protected works without permission.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:26-cv-092172026-09-28Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC v. Anthropic PBC
Major music publishers including Warner Chappell, Sony Music Publishing, and others sued AI company Anthropic and its leaders for copyright infringement, alleging the company trained its AI models on millions of copyrighted songs without permission. The lawsuit targets Anthropic's use of protected musical works to build generative AI technology, seeking damages for unauthorized reproduction and distribution of the compositions.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-046492026-09-23Kwon v. Anthropic PBC
Multiple authors sue Anthropic for allegedly using their copyrighted books to train AI without permission.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-040562026-09-17Cognella, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC
Cognella sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over alleged unauthorized use of published textbooks in AI training.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-042182026-09-14Chicken 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-044822026-09-14Cruz v. Anthropic PBC
Authors sue Anthropic for training AI on their copyrighted books without permission.
- ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:26-cv-085052026-09-02Round Hill Music LP v. Anthropic PBC
Round Hill Music, a major music royalty fund, sued AI company Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging the company used their catalog of songs to train its AI models without permission. The case centers on whether Anthropic's use of copyrighted musical works in machine learning constitutes fair use or illegal infringement. The outcome could set a precedent for how AI developers must handle music rights.
- ActiveTrademarkN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-067542026-08-24Anthropic, PBC v. Abnormal AI, Inc.
Anthropic sues Abnormal AI for trademark infringement under the Lanham Act.
- ClosedCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:25-cv-063272026-07-08Trinidad 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.