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In re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation

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Case Information
Case name In re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation[1]
Court N.D. Cal.[1]
Docket 5:23-cv-03440-EKL; consolidated 5:24-cv-02531[2]
Filed July 11, 2023 (original action)[3]
Judge(s) Eumi K. Lee; Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen[2]
Plaintiffs Steve Almond, Sarah Andersen, Burl Barer, Jessica Fink, Kirsten Hubbard, Hope Larson, Mike Lemos, Jill Leovy, Connie McLennan and Jingna Zhang[1]
Defendants Google LLC; Alphabet Inc. was also named in the consolidated complaint[1]
Case type Civil copyright proceeding[1]
Claims / issues Copyright infringement in generative AI training[1]
Status July 14, 2026: Google opposed unconditional withdrawal of publishers’ intervention motion. Later proceedings have not been verified.[2]

In re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation is consolidated litigation by authors and visual artists alleging unauthorized use of copyrighted works to develop Google’s generative AI models.[1]

Claims and procedural history

The September 11, 2025 order dismissed direct-infringement claims concerning Codey, Chirp, Veo, MedLM, LearnLM, SecLM, Gemma, CodeGemma, RecurrentGemma and PaliGemma, and vicarious-infringement claims against Alphabet, with prejudice. Other direct-infringement theories remained.[1]

In July 2026, Cengage and Hachette sought to withdraw their motion to intervene. Google’s July 14 response requested reimbursement of its costs as a condition of withdrawal.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Partial dismissal order, September 11, 2025
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Google response concerning intervention, July 14, 2026
  3. ↑ Original complaint, July 11, 2023
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