Penguin Random House v. OpenAI
Pending
GEMA v. OpenAI
On Appeal
GEMA v. Suno ↗
GEMA claims that AI music platform Suno infringed copyright by (1) generating music content that closely resembles GEMA member works, and (2) using GEMA works for AI model training without authorisat…
Penguin Random House v. OpenAI (Coconut the Little Dragon) ↗
Penguin Random House sued OpenAI's European subsidiary, alleging that ChatGPT unlawfully 'memorised' and can reproduce text, images, and cover designs from Ingo Siegner's beloved German children's bo…
DJV e.V. v. Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗
DJV claims that standard contractual terms used between the newspaper and freelance journalists — requiring journalists to grant the paper rights to use their articles for AI training — are unfair co…
Graphic designer v. internet user (AI-generated logos copyright case) ↗
A Munich local court held that AI-generated logos in this case did not meet the threshold for copyright protection because they lacked sufficient identifiable human creative influence. The court clar…
GEMA v. OpenAI and OpenAI Ireland.
GEMA sued OpenAI for copyright infringement of song lyrics of nine well-known German songs (including 'Atemlos', 'Männer', 'Über den Wolken') used to train GPT-4 and GPT-4o. The court ruled on 11 Nov…
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How many AI lawsuits are in the Landgericht München I?
7 AI-related lawsuits are tracked in the Landgericht München I (Munich). The list is verified weekly against public dockets.
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Most cases here involve copyright over training data, output infringement, privacy/biometric claims, or right-of-publicity. See the case list above for the specific claim profile of each suit.
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