AI Copyright Lawsuits: Perplexity, Reddit, Brave

AI copyright lawsuit tracker: August 2026 case status

A docket is the court's running list of everything filed in a case, and it is where a case's status is read. The table lists each case, with its court or reporting source and where it stands.

Press Gazette keeps a running list of suits and licensing deals, with entries such as "Reddit vs Perplexity, SerpApi, Oxylabs and AWMProxy" and "News Corp vs Brave AI". That list is a pointer to cases. The status of any one of them is read from its docket.

Brave News Corp lawsuit: docket 3:26-cv-04758

The docket header reads "Brave Software, Inc. v. News Corporation (3:26-cv-04758)" in the District Court, N.D. California. The same two parties appear on an earlier docket, which lists "Date Filed: March 12, 2025" and "Date Terminated: June 10, 2025".

Perplexity lawsuit: the News Corp, Dow Jones and CNN cases

Perplexity is the defendant in the cases brought by Dow Jones and CNN. These accounts come from news outlets and law firms, not from court findings.

Dow Jones v. Perplexity lawsuit: News Corp's case

Loeb & Loeb published a note on the case in August 2025 under the title "Dow Jones & Company Inc. v. Perplexity AI Inc.", with Dow Jones as plaintiff and Perplexity AI as defendant. The National Law Review, in a piece by ArentFox Schiff, titled its report "Copyright Infringement Case Against Perplexity AI Renewed", and its address says News Corp continues its battle against Perplexity.

Perplexity's entrapment claim in the News Corp lawsuit

MediaCopilot's headline states Perplexity's side: "Perplexity: News Corp Tried to Bait Us Into Infringement". That is Perplexity's position as the outlet reports it, not a finding by a court. A section heading on the same page reads "The prompt-log fight could matter beyond Perplexity", which points to a dispute over prompt logs.

CNN v. Perplexity lawsuit: the May 2026 complaint

SiliconANGLE reported on 2026-05-28 that CNN sued Perplexity, under the headline "CNN sues Perplexity alleging ‘massive’ copyright infringement". Accelerate IP covers the same case as "CNN v. Perplexity AI".

Reddit lawsuit: motion to dismiss denied on DMCA 1201

Reddit sues SerpApi in a case the docket lists under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. MediaPost's headline for the ruling is "Reddit Can Proceed With Scraping Claims Against Perplexity, SerpApi".

Motion to dismiss denied is not a Reddit win

A motion to dismiss asks the court to end a case before any evidence is weighed. The court predominantly denied the motions to dismiss, so the case continues on the claims the court did not dismiss. That is not a ruling on the merits.

Reddit's DMCA claim rests on anti-circumvention section 1201

The docket lists the cause as "17:1201 Digital Millennium Copyright Act". Section 1201 of Title 17 is the anti-circumvention provision.

AI lawsuit tracker or docket: how to check a case yourself

The Reddit and Brave cases have public dockets on CourtListener. Unlike a tracker page, a docket shows each filing in order and lists the cause of action. Search the party name, open the docket and read the latest entries first.

Read a CourtListener docket entry by entry

Start with the header, which gives the case name, the court and the case number. Then go down the numbered entries and note each date. A ruling such as the one in Reddit's case appears as an entry with its own text.

To follow AI copyright lawsuits, start from the docket. Perplexity faces suits from Dow Jones and CNN, Reddit's case continues after a denied motion to dismiss, and Brave and News Corp have docket 3:26-cv-04758.