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Nvidia bid to dismiss authors' copyright claims faces skeptical US judge

By Amy Miller ( April 17, 2026, 01:12 GMT | Insight) -- Nvidia’s bid to dismiss direct and contributory copyright infringement claims over using US authors’ works to train its AI models was met with skepticism by US District Judge Jon S. Tigar in Oakland, California. But Tigar said he's inclined to grant Nvidia’s motion to dismiss the authors’ vicarious infringement claims and give them an opportunity to amend their complaint.Nvidia’s bid to dismiss direct and contributory copyright infringement claims over using US authors’ works to train its large language models, or LLMs, was met with skepticism by a US judge Thursday....

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