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Alexander v. Apple Inc.

Tasha Alexander sued Apple Inc., Craig Federighi, and John Giannandrea alleging Apple trained its Apple Intelligence AI models on her copyrighted books without permission using shadow libraries like Books3. The case invokes the Copyright Act and was filed as a proposed class action on October 22, 2025, in NDCA (Case No. 5:25-cv-09090). It was consolidated on November 14, 2025, with related cases including Hendrix and Martinez-Conde into a single lead docket under interim co-lead counsel.

🏛️ NDCA· Case No. 4:25-cv-09090· Filed Oct 22, 2025

Summary

Tasha Alexander sued Apple Inc., Craig Federighi, and John Giannandrea alleging Apple trained its Apple Intelligence AI models on her copyrighted books without permission using shadow libraries like Books3. The case invokes the Copyright Act and was filed as a proposed class action on October 22, 2025, in NDCA (Case No. 5:25-cv-09090). It was consolidated on November 14, 2025, with related cases including Hendrix and Martinez-Conde into a single lead docket under interim co-lead counsel.

Case details

Court
NDCA
Docket number
4:25-cv-09090
Filed
Oct 22, 2025
Status
Active

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