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Advance Local Media LLC v Cohere Inc

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Case Information
Case name Advance Local Media LLC et al. v. Cohere Inc.[1]
Court S.D.N.Y.[1]
Docket 1:25-cv-01305-CM[2]
Filed February 13, 2025[1]
Judge(s) Colleen McMahon[2]
Plaintiffs Advance Local Media LLC and thirteen other news and magazine publishers[1]
Defendants Cohere Inc.[1]
Case type Civil copyright proceeding[1]
Claims / issues Copyright infringement, trademark infringement and false designation of origin[2]
Status July 9, 2026: knowledge-and-material-contribution theory withdrawn with prejudice; inducement theory retained. Later developments have not been verified.[3]

Advance Local Media LLC et al. v. Cohere Inc. is a publishers’ copyright and trademark action concerning Cohere’s use of journalism in generative AI training and outputs.[1]

Claims and procedural history

On November 13, 2025, Judge McMahon denied Cohere’s partial motion to dismiss. The decision addresses pleading sufficiency and allows the challenged copyright and trademark theories to proceed.[2]

A July 9, 2026 stipulation and order withdraws the knowledge-and-material-contribution theory of contributory infringement with prejudice while preserving the inducement theory.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Complaint, February 13, 2025
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Decision denying partial dismissal, November 13, 2025
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stipulation and order, July 9, 2026
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