Hachette Book Group Inc v Google LLC
Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Google LLC is a copyright infringement lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on July 10, 2026, with docket number 1:26-cv-05870.[1] The plaintiffs listed in the docket are Hachette Book Group, Inc., Elsevier Inc., Cengage Learning, Inc., S.C.R.I.B.E., Inc., and author Scott Turow, and the defendant is Google LLC.[1] The complaint was reported as alleging that Google used copyrighted books and articles without permission to build Gemini artificial-intelligence models.[2]
Case Information
| Case name | Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Google LLC[1] |
|---|---|
| Court | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York[1] |
| Docket | 1:26-cv-05870[1] |
| Filed | July 10, 2026[1] |
| Cause of action | Copyright infringement[1] |
| Defendant | Google LLC[1] |
Allegations
The plaintiffs allege that Google used millions of copyrighted books and articles without permission to train Gemini artificial-intelligence models.[2] The docket identifies the case as a federal copyright infringement action.[1]
Procedural Status
The case was filed on July 10, 2026, and assigned to Judge Loretta A. Preska in the Southern District of New York.[1] CourtListener lists summons-related filings on July 10, 2026, following the complaint.[1]
Significance
The suit adds major educational and publishing plaintiffs to the wave of copyright litigation challenging the use of copyrighted works in generative-AI training.[2] It is notable because the named plaintiffs include large publishers and an individual author suing Google over Gemini training practices.[2]