October 15, 2025

In re Salesforce LLM Copyright Infringement Litigation

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Case Number:

3:25-cv-08862

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Copyright

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Charles R. Breyer

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Reflects complaints, answers, motions, orders and trial notes entered from Jan. 1, 2011.
Additional or older documents may be available in Pacer.


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  1. October 16, 2025

    Authors Say Salesforce Used Pirated Books To Train Its AI

    A pair of authors accused Salesforce of improperly training its artificial intelligence models on copyrighted works, telling a California federal court Wednesday that the cloud-based software company used their pirated books in "its acts of massive copyright infringement."


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