Posted 1/12/2024, 10:10:00 PM
Judge Allows Some Copilot Lawsuit Claims to Proceed, Dismisses Others
- Judge dismissed some but not all claims against GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI related to Copilot allegedly copying code
- Damage claims allowed to proceed for 3 of 5 developer plaintiffs; opens door to seek damages for entire affected class
- State law claims dismissed as preempted by federal copyright law, cannot be refiled
- DMCA claims dismissed since Copilot outputs are not identical copies
- Core claims remain regarding GitHub TOS violation and open source license violations