Summary
U.S. News & World Report, L.P. sued OpenAI, Inc. in the Southern District of New York on November 26, 2025, alleging OpenAI reproduced its rankings and articles without permission during pre-training, training, fine-tuning of LLMs, and in ChatGPT outputs.[1] The complaint asserts direct and contributory copyright infringement, DMCA violations for removing copyright management information, and Lanham Act trademark claims including infringement, counterfeiting, false designation of origin, and dilution, plus a New York dilution claim.[1] This marks the 16th copyright suit against OpenAI and 63rd against AI companies overall, filed by lawyers who previously represented the New York Times, Daily News, and California Newspaper Partnership in similar cases.[1]
Case details
- Court
- SDNY
- Docket number
- 1:25-cv-09912
- Filed
- Nov 26, 2025
- Status
- Active
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