Anthropic

Anthropic is named in 18 U.S. federal IP lawsuits · 16 active.

Coverage vs. reality

Across the cases naming Anthropic that IP Feed tracks, press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable in 9 and defendant-favorable in 2.

Press lean: 9 plaintiff · 2 defendant
  1. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:24-cv-054172026-07-13
    Bartz v. Anthropic PBC

    Bartz sues Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging the AI company used protected works without permission.

  2. ActiveTrademarkN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-067542026-07-13
    Anthropic, PBC v. Abnormal AI, Inc.

    Anthropic sues Abnormal AI for trademark infringement under the Lanham Act.

  3. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-059312026-07-07
    Shakespeare v. Anthropic PBC

    Authors and publishers sue Anthropic for training AI models on copyrighted books without permission.

  4. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:25-cv-108972026-07-07
    Carreyrou v. Anthropic PBC

    Journalist John Carreyrou sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over allegedly unlicensed use of his published works.

  5. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:26-cv-008802026-07-06
    Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC

    Concord Music Group sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over AI training on musical works without permission.

  6. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:26-cv-023332026-07-03
    Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC v. Meta Platforms Inc.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul sues Meta and AI companies for copyright infringement over training data use.

  7. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-044822026-07-02
    Cruz v. Anthropic PBC

    Authors sue Anthropic for training AI on their copyrighted books without permission.

  8. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-042182026-07-02
    Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC v. Anthropic PBC

    Chicken Soup for the Soul sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over use of its literary works in AI training.

  9. ClosedCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:25-cv-063272026-06-25
    Trinidad v. Anthropic PBC

    Trinidad sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over alleged unauthorized use of creative works in AI training.

  10. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-046492026-06-22
    Kwon v. Anthropic PBC

    Multiple authors sue Anthropic for allegedly using their copyrighted books to train AI without permission.

  11. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-040562026-06-22
    Cognella, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC

    Cognella sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over alleged unauthorized use of published textbooks in AI training.

  12. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:24-cv-038112026-06-22
    Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC

    Concord Music Group sues Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging the AI company used its songs to train AI models.

  13. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:26-cv-055982026-06-10
    Shakespeare v. Carney

    Authors sue Anthropic and others for copyright infringement over AI training data allegedly used without permission.

  14. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:26-cv-010442026-06-02
    Goddard v. Anthropic PBC

    Goddard sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over training data used in AI models.

  15. ClosedCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:25-cv-056432026-05-29
    Reddit, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC

    Reddit sues Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging the AI company used Reddit's posts to train its Claude models without permission.

  16. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 5:26-cv-023342026-04-24
    BMG Rights Management (US) LLC v. Anthropic PBC

    BMG Rights Management sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over AI training on music compositions.

  17. ActiveCopyrightVAED· 1:25-cv-012582026-02-23
    Kim v. OPENAI Inc.

    Su-Mi Kim sues OpenAI and others for copyright infringement over AI training on creative works.

  18. ActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.· 3:25-mc-801782025-07-31
    Reddit, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC

    Reddit sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over use of Reddit content to train AI models.