United States of America: Lawsuit against Google over alleged copyright infringement in training AI models (Case No. 23-cv-03440-EKL)
Progress
Current status
under investigation
11 Sep 2025 under investigation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Copyright protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
United States Northern District Court of California granted partial motion to dismiss in lawsuit alleging Google's copyright infringement in training AI models
On 11 September 2025, the United States Northern District Court of California partially granted Google's motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit. Ten visual artists and authors sued Google and Alphabet for allegedly using their copyrighte…
SourceEvent type
civil lawsuit
Action type
interim ruling
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court