Intellectual Property
GitHub, OpenAI, Microsoft Use of Open-Source Code Class Action
This class action, against GitHub, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, OpenAI, Inc., and a group of OpenAI companies, makes allegations of software piracy, in reference to two programs. Codex, from OpenAI, the complaint claims, powers Copilot, a joint venture between GitHub and OpenAI. Microsoft has invested in OpenAI, the complaint alleges, and Copilot runs on its Azure Read more
Action Lab Entertainment Comic Creator Contracts Class Action
Action Lab Entertainment (ALE), the defendant in this class action (along with Brian Seaton, its CEO or publishher), sells comics, in digital or print form. The plaintiffs are a considerable group of creators of comics who have signed agreements with ALE and who now want to have those agreements dissolved or voided. The complaint claims Read more
InventHelp Fraudulent Services for Would-Be Inventors Class Action
Plaintiff Etta Calhoun had an idea for an invention, and she was attracted by InventHelp commercials, which claimed that the company had “more than 9,000 companies who have agreed to review ideas” it submits. However, the complaint for this class action alleges that InventHelp maintains a fraudulent web of companies that do nothing but defraud Read more