The Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc. v. OpenAI, Inc. et al

  1. April 04, 2025

    Judge Details Preserving IP Claims Against Microsoft, OpenAI

    A New York federal judge on Friday explained a decision from March that kept intact news organizations' direct and contributory copyright infringement claims accusing Microsoft and OpenAI of copying their content to train generative artificial intelligence models.

  2. April 03, 2025

    JPML Steers Pretrial Matters In OpenAI Copyright Fight To NY

    The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Thursday decided to centralize the pretrial work for a series of copyright infringement and Digital Millennium Copyright Act lawsuits against OpenAI in New York federal court.

  3. April 01, 2025

    NYT Demands OpenAI President Testify As Long As Staff

    The New York Times has asked a federal judge to order that OpenAI president Greg Brockman sit for a standard deposition this month in copyright lawsuits over material used to train large language models, saying he should not be considered an "apex" witness who can testify for less time than his employees.

  4. March 26, 2025

    Judge Trims Copyright Case Against Microsoft, OpenAI

    A New York federal judge Wednesday kept alive news organizations' direct and contributory copyright infringement claims accusing Microsoft and OpenAI of ripping off their content to train generative artificial intelligence while trimming claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but giving the plaintiffs a chance to rework their allegations.

  5. January 14, 2025

    OpenAI Products Not Designed To Evade Paywalls, Judge Told

    Lawyers for OpenAI and Microsoft spent Tuesday morning trying to convince a New York federal judge to trim down news organizations' copyright infringement cases against them, saying large language models aren't designed to spit out entire articles so that readers can avoid paywalls.

  6. January 09, 2025

    IP Forecast: OpenAI, Microsoft Look To Toss NYT Case

    OpenAI and its backers at Microsoft will try persuading a New York judge to dismiss one of the major copyright suits against them, with arguments that using news stories to train the startup's artificial intelligence model is a "transformative" use. Here's a spotlight on where that case stands — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.

  7. December 06, 2024

    OpenAI Unveils Plans To Ask JPML To Centralize IP Suits

    OpenAI Inc. informed New York and California federal courts this week it plans to ask the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to centralize eight copyright infringement and Digital Millennium Copyright Act lawsuits — including a proposed class action — brought by content creators and publishers.

  8. November 06, 2024

    News Outlet Fighting To Keep OpenAI, Microsoft IP Suit Alive

    The Center for Investigative Reporting has told a Manhattan federal judge that its copyright infringement complaint against Microsoft and OpenAI for allegedly using its content to train artificial intelligence models raises existential issues for news organizations that should survive the tech companies' push for dismissal.

  9. October 28, 2024

    OpenAI Pushes To Consolidate Discovery In Copyright Cases

    Microsoft and OpenAI say that concerns from news outfits over consolidating discovery in their ChatGPT copyright lawsuits are "misplaced" and call a request to schedule more depositions "wholly unnecessary."

  10. October 21, 2024

    In OpenAI Copyright Case, Court Told, 'Too Many Cooks'

    Lawyers for some of the media companies and groups hitting up OpenAI and Microsoft with copyright cases say they have major reservations about marrying their cases, warning about rushed discovery and "forcing too many cooks into the same kitchen."

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