Case database

AI lawsuits in our database, filterable.

Cases verified against CourtListener, PACER, and primary court records, with international cases curated from court opinions and law-firm reporting. Updated weekly. How we keep it accurate · Report an error

Case Court Filed Status Stakes
UMG/Concord/ABKCO v. Anthropic II
5:26-cv-00880
 NDCA Jan 28, 2026 Active $3.07B
New York Times v. Perplexity
1:25-cv-09850
 SDNY Dec 5, 2025 Active $Billions
RTI / Medusa v. Perplexity
Docket pending verification (Trib. Milano)
 Tribunale di Milano Dec 3, 2025 Active First Italian AI copyright suit
Chicago Tribune & 7 Other Dailies v. Perplexity
1:25-cv-09763
 SDNY Dec 2, 2025 Active Damages + injunction
Condé Nast / Atlantic / Forbes et al. v. Cohere
1:25-cv-09542
 SDNY Nov 18, 2025 Active Damages + injunction
Studio Ghibli / Anime publishers v. OpenAI
(filed Tokyo Dist. Ct.)
 Tokyo District Court Nov 4, 2025 Active Sora 2 output infringement
Reddit v. Perplexity
1:25-cv-08713
 SDNY Oct 22, 2025 Active Wrongful data acquisition
Encyclopedia Britannica & Merriam-Webster v. Perplexity
1:25-cv-07814
 SDNY Sep 23, 2025 Active Damages + injunction
Disney, Universal & Warner Bros. v. MiniMax
2:25-cv-08446
 CDCA Sep 16, 2025 Active $Billions (first vs. China-based AI co.)
Disney/Universal v. Midjourney
2:25-cv-05275
 C.D. Cal. Jun 11, 2025 Active Studio IP + injunction
Reddit v. Anthropic
CGC-25-625234
 Superior Court of California, San Francisco Jun 4, 2025 Active Breach of UA + tortious interference
Ziff Davis v. OpenAI
1:25-cv-04315 (MDL 25-md-03143)
 Del. → SDNY MDL Apr 24, 2025 Active IGN, CNET, Mashable
Advance Local et al. v. Cohere
1:25-cv-01305
 SDNY Feb 13, 2025 Active 14 publishers; class-wide
FTC Inquiry into AI Chatbots for Children (Alphabet, Meta, Snap, OpenAI)
N/A — regulatory inquiry
 Federal Trade Commission (inquiry — no formal complaint as of April 2026) 2025-01-01 Active FTC Inquiry — No Formal Complaint Filed
Times of India / Bennett Coleman v. OpenAI
CS(COMM) 1028/2024
 Delhi High Court Nov 18, 2024 Active Largest Indian AI suit
FTC Investigation into Microsoft / OpenAI Partnership
Civil Investigative Demand issued November 2024 (formal docket number not public)
 Federal Trade Commission (administrative investigation) 2024-11-01 Ongoing Investigation — No formal complaint filed as of April 2026
Dow Jones & NYP v. Perplexity
1:24-cv-07984
 SDNY Oct 21, 2024 Active Damages + injunction
FTC v. Rytr (Operation AI Comply)
FTC Docket No. 2024 consent order (set aside December 22, 2025)
 Federal Trade Commission administrative proceeding 2024-09-25 Consent Order Set Aside December 22, 2025 by Trump FTC
DOJ Antitrust Investigation into Nvidia
Subpoenas issued September 2024 (no formal case number)
 U.S. Department of Justice (pre-litigation investigation) 2024-08-01 Active DOJ Investigation — No formal complaint filed as of April 2026
Center for Investigative Reporting v. OpenAI
1:24-cv-04872 (MDL 25-md-03143)
 SDNY Jun 27, 2024 Active DMCA + copyright
NY Daily News et al. v. OpenAI
1:24-cv-03285 (MDL 25-md-03143)
 SDNY Apr 30, 2024 Active Consolidated
The Intercept v. OpenAI
1:24-cv-01515 (MDL 25-md-03143)
 SDNY Feb 28, 2024 Active (narrowed) DMCA CMI
New York Times v. OpenAI & Microsoft
1:23-cv-11195 (MDL 25-md-03143)
 SDNY Dec 27, 2023 Active $Billions
Concord Music Group v. Anthropic
5:24-cv-03811-EKL
 NDCA (trans. M.D. Tenn.) Oct 18, 2023 Active $75M+
Authors Guild v. OpenAI
1:23-cv-08292 (MDL 25-md-03143)
 SDNY Sep 19, 2023 Active Class-wide
Tremblay / Silverman v. OpenAI
MDL 25-md-03143
 N.D. Cal. → SDNY MDL Jun 28, 2023 Active Class-wide
Andersen v. Stability AI
3:23-cv-00201
 NDCA Jan 13, 2023 Trial Sep 2026 Class-wide
EEOC v. iTutorGroup. et al.
1:22-cv-02565
 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York 2022-05-05 Consent Decree Approved September 8, 2023
In re RealPage Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (MDL — Private Plaintiffs)
MDL — consolidated in M.D. Tenn. (exact MDL number not confirmed in sources reviewed)
 U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee (MDL) 2022-01-01 Ongoing MDL — 30+ consolidated class actions
Doan v. Clearview AI.
2025 FCA 133
 Federal Court of Canada (first instance); Federal Court of Appeal (appeal) 2020-2021 (Canadian proceedings; original case pre-dates generative AI litigation wave) Remitted to Federal Court for reconsideration (2025 FCA 133)
David Greene v. Google
 N.D. Cal. (removed from state court) Active
Abdi Nazemian v. NVIDIA
 N.D. Cal. Active
Ace Cam v. Runway AI
 SDNY Active
Alcon Entertainment v. Tesla
 C.D. Cal. Active
Apress Media v. Anna's Archive
 SDNY Active
BMG v. Anthropic
 N.D. Cal. Active
Basbanes v. Microsoft
 SDNY Stayed
Bird v. Microsoft
 SDNY Active
Businessing v. Runway AI
 SDNY Active
California Newspaper Partnership v. Microsoft & OpenAI
 SDNY Active
Carreyrou v. Anthropic
 N.D. Cal. Active
Carreyrou v. OpenAI
 N.D. Cal. (expected MDL transfer) Active
Chicken Soup for the Soul v. Anthropic
 N.D. Cal. Active
Chmura v. Snap
 C.D. Cal. Active
Denial v. OpenAI
 N.D. Cal. → SDNY MDL Active
Disney v. MiniMax
 C.D. Cal. Active
Entrepreneur Media v. Meta
 N.D. Cal. Active
Gardner v. Runway AI
 N.D. Cal. Active
Google v. SerpApi
 N.D. Cal. Active
Gracenote Media v. OpenAI
 SDNY Active
Hendrix v. Apple
 N.D. Cal. Active
Huckabee v. Bloomberg
 SDNY Active
In re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation
 N.D. Cal. Active
In re Mosaic LLM Litigation
 N.D. Cal. Active
In re Salesforce LLM Copyright Infringement Litigation
 N.D. Cal. Active
James v. Cerebras Systems
 N.D. Cal. Active
James v. Snowflake
 D. Mont. Active
James v. Together Computer
 N.D. Cal. Active
Justice v. Suno
 D. Mass. Active
Justice v. Udio (Uncharted Labs)
 SDNY Active
Kleiner v. Adobe
 N.D. Cal. Active
Kogon v. Google
 N.D. Ill. Active
Lyon v. Adobe
 N.D. Cal. Active
Millette v. OpenAI
 N.D. Cal. → SDNY MDL Active
Pierce v. Photobucket
 D. Colo. Active
Strike 3 Holdings v. Meta
 N.D. Cal. Active
Ted Entertainment v. Amazon
 N.D. Cal. Active
Ted Entertainment v. Apple
 N.D. Cal. Active
Ted Entertainment v. ByteDance
 N.D. Cal. Active
Ted Entertainment v. Meta
 N.D. Cal. Active
Ted Entertainment v. NVIDIA
 N.D. Cal. Active
Ted Entertainment v. OpenAI
 N.D. Cal. Active
Ted Entertainment v. Snap
 C.D. Cal. Active
U.S. News & World Report v. OpenAI
 SDNY Active
UMG Recordings v. Udio (Uncharted Labs)
 SDNY Active
Warner Brothers v. Midjourney
 C.D. Cal. Active
Woulard v. Suno
 N.D. Ill. Active
Woulard v. Udio (Uncharted Labs)
 N.D. Ill. Active
Penguin Random House v. OpenAI (Coconut the Little Dragon)
Not yet publicly confirmed
 Landgericht München I (Munich Regional Court I) 2026-03-27 Pending
Penguin Random House v. OpenAI
21 O 4452/26
 LG München I Mar 27, 2026 Pending Output infringement (Little Dragon Coconut)
Kistler et al. v. Eightfold AI.
Filed January 20, 2026 (state docket number not publicly confirmed)
 Superior Court of California, Contra Costa County 2026-01-20 Pending — Active Litigation
Matthew Sacks and Michael Kochin v. Anthropic PBC
3:25-cv-10897
 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California 2025-12-22 Pending — multiple motions to sever by defendants and oppositions; motion hearing set for April 9, 2026 before Judge P. Casey Pitts; amended complaint filed March 10, 2026
Magnus Fiennes and Michael Mell v. Kunlun Tech Co.
1:25-cv-15354
 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division 2025-12-17 Pending — complaint filed December 2025; judge assigned January 2026; motion to dismiss filed February 2026
RTI and Medusa Film v. Perplexity AI.
Not yet publicly confirmed
 Tribunale di Roma (Civil Court of Rome) 2025-12-03 Pending
Stein-Erik Soelberg estate v. OpenAI (murder-suicide wrongful death)
Filed December 2025 (docket number not confirmed in sources reviewed)
 U.S. District Court (district not confirmed in sources reviewed — Hagens Berman filing) 2025-12-01 Pending — Active Litigation
The San Diego Union-Tribune LLC v. Microsoft Corporation
1:25-cv-09904
 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York 2025-11-26 Pending — active in multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 1:25-md-03143) with ongoing discovery as of early 2026
KODA v. Suno AI
Not yet publicly confirmed
 Danish court (specific court not yet publicly confirmed; filed in Denmark) 2025-11-04 Pending
Starbuck v. Google
N/A (filed October 22, 2025; docket not publicly confirmed)
 Delaware Superior Court 2025-10-22 Pending — Active Litigation
Chloé Sabourin v. Meta Platforms. et al.
Application filed October 2025
 Quebec Superior Court (Cour supérieure du Québec) 2025-10-08 Pending — application for class authorisation filed
Raine v. OpenAI (Matthew and Maria Raine)
CGC-25-628528
 San Francisco County Superior Court, California 2025-08-26 Pending — OpenAI answered November 2025; amended complaint filed
John Liggett Sr. v. C3.ai. et al.
3:25-cv-07129
 U.S. District Court, Northern District of California 2025-08-22 Pending — Active Litigation
Folha de S.Paulo v. OpenAI (Brazil)
Not publicly confirmed (case is under court-ordered confidentiality/seal)
 Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo / São Paulo business court (first instance) 2025-08-20 Pending — preliminary injunction denied; hearing held October 2025; proceedings ongoing under confidentiality order
Starbuck v. Meta Platforms.
N/A (filed April 28, 2025; docket not publicly confirmed)
 Delaware Superior Court 2025-04-28 Pending — Active Litigation
Vermont AG v. Clearview AI. (state consumer protection enforcement)
Filed April 2025 (docket not confirmed in sources reviewed)
 Vermont Superior Court (state court) 2025-04-25 Pending — Active State Enforcement
DJV e.V. v. Süddeutsche Zeitung
Not yet publicly confirmed
 Landgericht München I (Munich Regional Court I) 2025-04-16 Pending
In re BigBear.ai Holdings Securities Litigation
Filed circa April 2025 (docket not publicly confirmed)
 U.S. District Court (district not confirmed in sources reviewed) 2025-04-09 Pending — Lead Plaintiff Deadline June 10, 2025
SNE, SGDL and SNAC v. Meta Platforms.
Claim issued 6 March 2025; docket number not publicly confirmed
 Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris, Troisième Chambre (Paris Judicial Court, Third Chamber) 2025-03-06 Pending
Anne Robillard v. Meta Platforms. (Quebec class action)
Robillard c. Meta Platforms, inc., 2025 QCCS 4131
 Quebec Superior Court (Cour supérieure du Québec) 2025-03 Pending — application for class authorisation in progress
Indian Music Industry (IMI), T-Series, Saregama India, Sony Music India v. OpenAI
Related to ANI v. OpenAI; directed to file separate proceedings
 Delhi High Court 2025-02-13 Pending (intervention application; directed to file separate suit)
Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP) v. OpenAI
Related to ANI v. OpenAI; separate suit docket not publicly confirmed
 Delhi High Court (filed as intervention in ANI v. OpenAI; directed to file separate suit) 2024-12 Pending (parties directed to file separately from ANI suit)
Asian News International (ANI) Media Pvt.. v. OpenAI OpCo
Not yet publicly confirmed (filed under Copyright Act 1957, s.62)
 Delhi High Court 2024-11-19 Active — interim order reserved (as of 27 March 2026, after 32 hearings)
FTC v. Ascent Ecom / Ecommerce Empire Builders / FBA Machine (Operation AI Comply — 2024)
Filed September 25, 2024 (docket numbers not publicly confirmed in sources reviewed)
 U.S. District Court (district not confirmed in sources reviewed) 2024-09-25 Pending / Active FTC Enforcement
DOJ v. RealPage.
Filed August 23, 2024 (docket not confirmed in sources reviewed)
 U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina 2024-08-23 Proposed Consent Decree Filed November 24, 2025 (pending court approval)
Musk v. Altman et al. (OpenAI for-profit conversion)
3:24-cv-04722-YGR
 U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (Oakland) 2024-08-05 Pending — Trial scheduled (court allowed case to proceed to jury trial, Jan. 7, 2026)
Petryazhna v. OpenAI
1:25-cv-03297 (formerly 5:24-cv-04710-EJD)
 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York 2024-08-02 Pending in MDL 1:25-md-03143 — active docket with recent filings as of June 2025
UMG et al. v. Suno
1:24-cv-11611
 D. Mass. Jun 24, 2024 Pending $Hundreds M
Dubus v. Nvidia
4:24-cv-02655-JST
 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California 2024-05-02 Pending — discovery ongoing with motion to dismiss briefing and recent court order for discovery production (late April 2026)
In re Databricks AI Copyright Litigation (Nazemian / Makkai)
3:24-cv-01451
 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California 2024-03-08 Pending — motion to dismiss Second Amended Consolidated Complaint denied April 2026
T. et al. v. OpenAI LP et al. (A.T. and J.H. consumer privacy)
3:2023cv04557
 U.S. District Court, Northern District of California 2023-09-05 Pending — Active Litigation
Battle v. Microsoft
1:23-cv-01836 (D. Md.)
 U.S. District Court, District of Maryland 2023-07-07 Compelled to Arbitration (Oct. 23, 2024); stayed pending arbitration
PM v. OpenAI LP et al. (Clarkson Law Firm privacy class action)
3:23-cv-03199
 U.S. District Court, Northern District of California 2023-06-28 Pending — Active Litigation (part of broader consolidated proceedings)
Like Company v. Google Ireland Limited (CJEU referral C-250/25)
C-250/25
 Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU); referring court: Budapest Metropolitan Court / Budapest District Court 2025-04-03 Pending before CJEU — oral hearing held 10 March 2026; CJEU judgment expected late 2026 or 2027
GEMA v. Suno
42 O 489/25
 LG München I Jan 21, 2025 Decision expected Jun 12, 2026 AI music output infringement
Graphic designer v. internet user (AI-generated logos copyright case)
142 C 9786/25
 Amtsgericht München (Munich District Court / Local Court) 2025 Decided (13 February 2026)
Lyricist v. Publisher (AI-modified song lyrics copyright case)
2-06 O 401/25
 Landgericht Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt Regional Court) 2025 Decided (12 December 2025)
Voice actor v. YouTube creator (AI voice personality rights case)
Not publicly confirmed
 Landgericht Berlin (Berlin Regional Court) 2025 Decided (20 August 2025)
Toronto Star Newspapers Limited et al. v. OpenAI. et al.
CV-24-00732231-00CL
 Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) 2024-11-28 Active — jurisdiction upheld (November 2025); OpenAI's appeal of jurisdiction ruling pending
GEMA v. OpenAI and OpenAI Ireland.
42 O 14139/24
 Landgericht München I (Munich Regional Court I), 42nd Civil Chamber 2024-11-13 Decided at first instance (November 2025); appealed by OpenAI to Munich Higher Regional Court
GEMA v. OpenAI
42 O 14139/24
 LG München I Nov 13, 2024 On Appeal Plaintiff — appealed
Huckabee v. Meta
1:24-cv-00773 (3d Cir. 25-2347)
 D. Del. → 3d Cir. Jul 1, 2024 On Appeal Books3 + publicity
Raw Story / AlterNet v. OpenAI
1:24-cv-01514
 SDNY → 2d Cir. Feb 28, 2024 On Appeal DMCA CMI standing
Shanghai Cultural Development Co.. v. Hangzhou Intelligent Technology Co.. (Ultraman / LoRA AI case)
Not publicly confirmed (first instance: Hangzhou Internet Court, September 2024; appeal: Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, December 2024)
 Hangzhou Internet Court (first instance); Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court (second instance / appeal) 2024-01 Decided and affirmed on appeal (December 2024)
Anonymous Publisher v. Anonymous Online Search Engine Provider
9.Pf.20.353/2024/6-II
 Budapest Municipal Court of Appeals (Fővárosi Ítélőtábla) 2024 Decided (3 December 2024)
Pictoright c.s. v. Meta Platforms.
Filed October 2023; interim judgment issued 20 November 2024; additional interim judgment 16 April 2025; additional interim judgment 3 September 2025
 Rechtbank Amsterdam (Amsterdam District Court) 2023-10-30 Active — interim judgments issued; expert investigation proceeding; final judgment pending
Kadrey v. Meta Platforms
3:23-cv-03417
 NDCA Jul 7, 2023 SJ — Meta (narrow) Fair use (limited)
Walters v. OpenAI
23-A-04860-2
 Gwinnett Co., GA Jun 5, 2023 SJ — OpenAI 1st AI defamation
Mobley v. Workday
3:23-cv-00770-RFL
 NDCA Feb 22, 2023 Collective Certified Nationwide ADEA
Getty Images (US) & Ors v. Stability AI Limited
[2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch)
 High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) 2023-01-17 Decided (on appeal to Court of Appeal)
Getty Images v. Stability AI (UK)
[2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch)
 UK High Court Jan 16, 2023 On Appeal Mixed — appeal pending
Li v. Liu (AI-generated image copyright case)
Not publicly confirmed (Beijing Internet Court, November 2023)
 Beijing Internet Court (first instance) 2023 Decided (27 November 2023)
S. Š. v. Taubel Legal (AI-generated image authorship case)
10 C 13/2023
 Obvodní soud pro Prahu 10 / Municipal Court in Prague 2023 Decided (11 December 2023)
Robert Kneschke v. LAION e.V. (First instance)
310 O 227/23
 Landgericht Hamburg (Hamburg Regional Court) 2023 Decided (27 September 2024, first instance); affirmed on appeal 10 December 2025
DPG Media B.V., Mediahuis Nederland B.V. and Mediahuis NRC B.V. v. Knowledge Exchange B.V. (HowardsHome)
C/13/737170 / HA ZA 23-690
 Rechtbank Amsterdam (Amsterdam District Court) 2023 Decided (30 December 2024)
Doe v. GitHub (Copilot)
4:22-cv-06823 (9th Cir. 24-6136)
 NDCA → 9th Cir. Nov 3, 2022 Stayed / On Appeal DMCA CMI
Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence
1:20-cv-00613 (3d Cir. 25-8018)
 D. Del. → 3d Cir. May 6, 2020 On Appeal 3d Cir. fair use test
Beijing Internet Court — Zhou v. Beijing Technology Company (AI image copyright evidence case)
Not publicly confirmed
 Beijing Internet Court (first instance); upheld on appeal 2024-2025 Decided and upheld on appeal (announced 16 September 2025)
Yuewen Group v. Defendant (AI LoRA character image training case — Shanghai)
Not yet publicly confirmed; described as first Shanghai case on copyright infringement by AI large-model/LoRA-generated output
 Shanghai Jinshan District People's Court 2024-2025 Decided (first instance, 2025; case number not yet published)
BoligPortal A/S v. ReData (database rights opt-out case)
Not publicly confirmed
 Danish court (Maritime and Commercial Court, or equivalent commercial court) 2024-2025 Decided (22 October 2025)
Juliana Peralta family v. Character Technologies et al. (Colorado wrongful death)
Filed September 2025 (docket not confirmed in sources reviewed)
 Federal court (Colorado district — exact court and docket not confirmed in sources reviewed) 2025-09-01 Settlement in Principle (January 2026)
A.F. v. Character Technologies. et al. (J.F. and B.R.)
2:24-cv-01014-JRG-RSP
 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas 2024-12-09 Settlement in Principle (January 2026)
Garcia v. Character Technologies. et al.
6:2024cv01903
 U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida 2024-10-22 Mediated Settlement in Principle (January 2026)
Bartz v. Anthropic
3:24-cv-05417
 NDCA Aug 19, 2024 Settled $1.5B (prelim.)
UMG v. Udio
1:24-cv-04777
 SDNY Jun 24, 2024 Partial Settlement Sony claims pending
In re Clearview AI., Consumer Privacy Litigation
1:21-cv-00135
 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois 2021-01-22 Final Settlement Approved
In re Clearview AI Privacy Litig.
1:21-cv-00135 (MDL 2967)
 N.D. Ill. Jan 8, 2021 Settled ~$51.75M equity
ACLU v. Clearview AI.
2020 CH 04353
 Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (State Court) 2020-05-28 Settled — Consent Order (May 2022)
Vacker v. Eleven Labs
 D. Del. Settled
In re SoundHound AI. Securities Litigation
25-cv-02915
 U.S. District Court, Northern District of California 2025-03-31 Pending — Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint (filed Dec. 12, 2025)
xAI. v. OpenAI. (trade secrets)
25-cv-08133-RFL
 U.S. District Court, Northern District of California 2025-01-01 Motion to Dismiss Granted (early 2026) with leave to amend
Petryazhna v. Google
Not publicly confirmed
 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California 2024-08-02 Voluntarily dismissed without prejudice on April 30, 2025
Lehrman v. Lovo
1:24-cv-03770-JPO
 SDNY 2024-05-14 Pending — Motion to Dismiss Granted in Part / Denied in Part (July 10, 2025)
In re RealPage Private Antitrust MDL (Arizona AG action)
Filed February 28, 2024 (Arizona state court docket not confirmed in sources reviewed)
 Arizona Superior Court (state filing, later context) 2024-02-28 Pending — Partial motion to dismiss filed May 13, 2024
Hood v. OpenAI (defamation — Australia-originated)
N/A
 N/A — Threat withdrawn before formal U.S. filing 2023-04-01 Withdrawn — OpenAI updated ChatGPT; Hood dropped threat February 2024
Reckstin Family Trust v. C3.ai. et al.
4:22-cv-01413-HSG
 U.S. District Court, Northern District of California 2022-03-04 Pending — Motion to Dismiss Third Amended Complaint Briefed (May 2025); awaiting ruling
Anders v. Stability AI
 W.D.N.C. Dismissed
Millette v. Google
 N.D. Cal. Dismissed
Millette v. NVIDIA
 N.D. Cal. Dismissed
Youngblood v. Meta
 N.D. Cal. Dismissed
Youngblood v. NVIDIA
 N.D. Cal. Dismissed
26 of 26 cases shown.
Set an alert (Pro)