Docket Watch

AI copyright cases, read from the filings

Each page sets out the posture, the issues the court is focused on, and the documents, with notes on what the record means for proving what a model learned and what it produces.

157 copyright suits against AI companies had been filed in U.S. courts as of 29 October 2026, according to the ChatGPT Is Eating the World tracker. Updated 30 October 2026.

Summary judgment under submissionN.D. Cal. · 5:24-cv-03811-EKL-SVKLast activity 23 Oct 2026

Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC

Eight music publishers say Anthropic copied the lyrics to 499 songs to train Claude and that Claude handed those lyrics back to users. Judge Lee heard the cross-motions for summary judgment on 21 October 2026. It is the first summary-judgment hearing on fair use in AI training before a district judge since Bartz and Kadrey were decided in June 2025. The court has not ruled.

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Complaint filedN.D. Cal. · 5:26-cv-12473Last activity 23 Oct 2026

ABG EPE IP LLC v. Anthropic PBC

Owners of 274 compositions made famous by Elvis Presley, including “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and “Don’t Be Cruel,” sued Anthropic on 23 October 2026. The complaint pleads training, retention, output and DMCA theories against Claude models up to and including Opus 5, and asks the court to impound copies held in model weights.

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Dismissed with leave to amendN.D. Cal. · 5:26-cv-02647-EKLLast activity 23 Oct 2026

Beaulier v. NVIDIA Corp.

A 3D artist sued four companies under the DMCA, alleging they stripped attribution and license terms from his models while preparing them for AI training. On 23 October 2026 Judge Lee became the third judge to dismiss one of his complaints, adopting Judge Breyer’s reasoning in the Meta case in full.

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