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Case Information
Case name ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. Open AI OpCo LLC[1]
Court High Court of Delhi[1]
Docket CS(COMM) 1028/2024; interim-relief appeal FAO(OS) (COMM) 237/2026[2]
Filed 2024 (exact filing day not verified)[1]
Judge(s) Amit Bansal (single judge); Avneesh Jhingan and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora (September 15 appeal order)[2]
Plaintiffs ANI Media Pvt. Ltd.[1]
Defendants Open AI OpCo LLC[1]
Case type Civil commercial copyright suit[1]
Claims / issues Copyright infringement, attribution and fair dealing for AI training and outputs[1]
Status September 15, 2026: Division Bench issued notice on ANI’s appeal, allowed four weeks for a reply and listed it for December 8; the order grants no interim injunction.[2]

ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. Open AI OpCo LLC is a copyright case in the Delhi High Court in which Indian news agency Asian News International (ANI) alleges that OpenAI used its reports to train ChatGPT and generated inaccurate responses attributed to ANI.[3]


Allegations

ANI alleges that ChatGPT reproduced copyrighted news reports and generated inaccurate responses attributed to the agency, causing reputational harm.[3] OpenAI denies infringement and argues that its use of the material is transformative.[3]

Interim ruling

On July 24, 2026, Justice Amit Bansal refused ANI's request for an interim injunction after finding that ANI had not established a prima facie case for relief.[3] The court found at the interim stage that storing ANI's works for model training fell within Section 52(1)(a) of India's Copyright Act and that the cited ChatGPT outputs were not substantially similar to ANI's reports.[3] The court also found that ANI had not shown memorization or regurgitation of its works in ChatGPT responses.[3] The ruling did not end the main suit, which continues.[3]

Significance

MediaNama described the order as India's first substantive judicial finding on whether an AI company may use copyrighted news content to train a large language model without a license.[3] Reuters likewise reported that the court said OpenAI's training use did not amount to copyright infringement because ANI had not shown that ChatGPT reproduced its reports.[4]

Appeal from refusal of interim relief

ANI appealed the July 24 refusal of an interim injunction. On September 15, Justices Avneesh Jhingan and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora issued notice in FAO(OS) (COMM) 237/2026. Counsel for OpenAI accepted notice; the court allowed four weeks for a reply and directed that the matter be put up on December 8, 2026. This procedural order does not decide the appeal or reverse the single judge’s interim ruling.[2]


See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Court filing / case record, reviewed September 7, 2026
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Delhi High Court, FAO(OS) (COMM) 237/2026, order of September 15, 2026, reproduced by Indian Kanoon
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 MediaNama, “ANI vs OpenAI Copyright Dispute: Delhi High Court declines interim relief,” July 24, 2026
  4. ↑ Reuters, “Indian court rules in favor of OpenAI in copyright lawsuit brought by news agency ANI,” July 24, 2026
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