GEMA v Suno

Case Information

Case name	GEMA v. Suno
Court	Munich Regional Court I (Landgericht München I), 42nd Civil Chamber
Docket	42 O 763/25
Filed	January 21, 2025
Judge(s)	Not identified in the sources reviewed.
Plaintiffs	GEMA
Defendants	Suno Inc.
Case type	Civil copyright action
Claims / issues	Copyright claims concerning reproduction of musical works in Suno outputs and use in AI training
Status	July 31, 2026: first-instance ruling for GEMA, including injunctive and information relief; appellate finality not verified.

GEMA v. Suno Inc. (42 O 763/25) concerns copyrighted musical compositions used by Suno’s AI music generator. On July 31, 2026, Munich Regional Court I’s 42nd Civil Chamber largely granted GEMA’s claims for injunctive relief, information and damages. The court said the judgment was not final.

Procedural history

GEMA filed the action on January 21, 2025. An oral hearing originally scheduled for January 26, 2026 was postponed to March 9; that hearing ended without a ruling. Suno was given until April 7 to respond in writing. At the March hearing, Suno challenged jurisdiction and invoked U.S. fair use, disputed recognizable reproduction and argued that its model represented mathematical patterns rather than stored works.

July 31, 2026 ruling

The judgment concerned six compositions, rather than infringement of lyrics. The court found reproduction through training in the United States, memorization in models stored in Germany, and German outputs. It rejected the relevant German text-and-data-mining defense and U.S. fair-use defense, distinguishing cases without substantially similar outputs. These are the German trial court’s findings, not a U.S. appellate ruling.

See Also

• July 31, 2026 news
• UMG Recordings Inc v Suno Inc
• Cases

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