HIGHCourt CaseACTIVE1:26-cv-02097
Court Case: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. v. OpenAI, Inc.
March 13, 2026Court: District Court, S.D. New York
Incident Summary
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against OpenAI entities tied to the DALL-E service. The case is docketed as 1:26-cv-02097 and lists multiple OpenAI entities as parties. The dispute concerns alleged infringement of Britannica’s copyrighted content and could affect both OpenAI’s operations and Britannica’s intellectual property interests. Limited public details are available in the provided signal beyond the filing and the nature of the claim.
Incident Details
- Type
- Court Case
- Severity
- HIGH
- Status
- ACTIVE
- Date Occurred
- March 13, 2026
- Court / Regulator
- District Court, S.D. New York
- Case Number
- 1:26-cv-02097
- Parties
- OpenAI, Inc. v. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. v. OpenAI GP, LLC v. OpenAI OpCo LLC
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