Summary
A consortium of news publishers sued AI company Cohere, alleging that Cohere's Command platform unlawfully reproduced, distributed, and displayed their copyrighted articles—including through verbatim copies, substantial excerpts, and "substitutive summaries"—and falsely attributed hallucinated content to the publishers' trademarks without permission. The publishers asserted direct copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. §§ 106(1)-(3), (5), and 501, as well as secondary infringement through contributory and vicarious liability theories, and trademark infringement and false designation of origin under the Lanham Act. In November 2025, Judge Colleen McMahon denied Cohere's partial motion to dismiss, finding the publishers had plausibly stated claims on all counts, including the novel theory th
Case details
- Court
- SDNY
- Docket number
- 1:25-cv-01305
- Filed
- Feb 13, 2025
- Status
- Active
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