23 AI-related lawsuits now tracked in U.S. federal courts

Our court-records watch (CourtListener/RECAP) now carries 23 federal dockets naming a major AI company as plaintiff or defendant, filed between 2026-07-13 and 2026-08-06 — spanning product-liability, civil-rights, copyright, patent, contract and securities claims.

23 federal lawsuits in our tracker name a major AI company as a party, filed between 2026-07-13 and 2026-08-06. This is not every AI-adjacent suit in the country — it is what our watch, reading CourtListener's public RECAP mirror of PACER, has structurally matched against an AI-signal allow-list so far. Nothing here is summarized by a model: every field below — case name, court, docket number, filing date, nature-of-suit code — is copied verbatim from the docket metadata.

By nature of suit - 360 P.I.: Other — 3 cases - 830 Patent — 3 cases - 190 Contract: Other — 2 cases - 190 Contract: Other Contract — 2 cases - 365 Personal Inj. Prod. Liability — 2 cases - 820 Copyright — 2 cases - 850 Securities/Commodities — 2 cases - 890 Other Statutory Actions — 2 cases - 440 Civil Rights: Other — 1 case - 442 Civil Rights: Jobs — 1 case - 840 Trademark — 1 case - 950 Constitutional - State Statute — 1 case - not coded — 1 case

By company named in the case - xAI — named in 6 cases - Anthropic — named in 3 cases - OpenAI — named in 2 cases - Alibaba — named in 1 case - Dropbox — named in 1 case - Google — named in 1 case - Granola — named in 1 case - IBM — named in 1 case - Keru AI — named in 1 case - Meta — named in 1 case - Midjourney — named in 1 case - Suno — named in 1 case - Taboola — named in 1 case - Uncharted Labs (Udio) — named in 1 case - Wix — named in 1 case

xAI is the single most frequently named company, appearing in 6 of the 23 tracked cases — but not all in the same direction: 3 are xAI itself suing a counterparty (contract and constitutional-challenge matters), and 3 are suits filed against xAI by anonymous "Doe" plaintiffs (personal-injury and civil-rights claims). A litigation count that only asked "how many suits against this company" would have missed the first half of that picture.

OpenAI's two tracked cases — Askins and Mall, both v. OpenAI Foundation — were filed the same day (2026-07-14) in the same district (N.D. Florida) under the same nature-of-suit code (Personal Injury – Product Liability), which is the kind of clustering an insurer underwriting product-liability exposure for a foundation model would want flagged rather than buried in a 23-line list.

Every tracked case - EVOX Productions LLC v. Midjourney, Inc. (2:26-cv-08408) — District Court, C.D. California · 2:26-cv-08408 · filed 2026-07-30 · 820 Copyright (docket) - VB Assets, LLC v. International Business Machines Corporation (1:26-cv-00868) — District Court, D. Delaware · 1:26-cv-00868 · filed 2026-07-16 · 830 Patent (docket) - University of Tennessee Research Foundation v. Anthropic PBC (1:26-cv-00887) — District Court, D. Delaware · 1:26-cv-00887 · filed 2026-07-20 · 830 Patent (docket) - Pilavian v. Suno, Inc. (1:26-cv-13400) — District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1:26-cv-13400 · filed 2026-07-24 · 190 Contract: Other (docket) - X.AI LLC v. Ellison (0:26-cv-03425) — District Court, D. Minnesota · 0:26-cv-03425 · filed 2026-07-27 · 950 Constitutional - State Statute (docket) - Does v. x.Al Corp (4:26-cv-00750) — District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 4:26-cv-00750 · filed 2026-07-23 · 440 Civil Rights: Other (docket) - Does v. x.Al Corp (4:26-cv-00772) — District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 4:26-cv-00772 · filed 2026-07-29 · 360 P.I.: Other (docket) - Pascual v. Anthropic, PBC (3:26-cv-07699) — District Court, N.D. California · 3:26-cv-07699 · filed 2026-07-24 · 190 Contract: Other (docket) - Patel v. Anthropic, PBC (3:26-cv-07837) — District Court, N.D. California · 3:26-cv-07837 · filed 2026-07-28 · 360 P.I.: Other (docket) - Chamberlain v. Granola, Inc. (3:26-cv-07926) — District Court, N.D. California · 3:26-cv-07926 · filed 2026-07-30 (docket) - Does 1 through 26 v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (4:26-cv-07122) — District Court, N.D. California · 4:26-cv-07122 · filed 2026-07-13 · 442 Civil Rights: Jobs (docket) - Pearson v. Google LLC (5:26-cv-07495) — District Court, N.D. California · 5:26-cv-07495 · filed 2026-07-20 · 890 Other Statutory Actions (docket) - VE Opening LLC v. Dropbox, Inc. (5:26-cv-07549) — District Court, N.D. California · 5:26-cv-07549 · filed 2026-07-22 · 830 Patent (docket) - MALL v. OPENAI FOUNDATION (4:26-cv-00334) — District Court, N.D. Florida · 4:26-cv-00334 · filed 2026-07-14 · 365 Personal Inj. Prod. Liability (docket) - ASKINS v. OPENAI FOUNDATION (4:26-cv-00335) — District Court, N.D. Florida · 4:26-cv-00335 · filed 2026-07-14 · 365 Personal Inj. Prod. Liability (docket) - Yappi v. Wix.com Ltd. (1:26-cv-08852) — District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1:26-cv-08852 · filed 2026-07-24 · 850 Securities/Commodities (docket) - X.AI LLC v. Harwood (7:26-cv-00078) — District Court, N.D. Texas · 7:26-cv-00078 · filed 2026-07-14 · 190 Contract: Other Contract (docket) - X.AI LLC v. Bloodworth (7:26-cv-00089) — District Court, N.D. Texas · 7:26-cv-00089 · filed 2026-07-30 · 190 Contract: Other Contract (docket) - Internet Forest Corporation v. Keru AI Inc. (1:26-cv-05948) — District Court, S.D. New York · 1:26-cv-05948 · filed 2026-07-14 · 840 Trademark (docket) - Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs, Inc. (1:26-cv-06120) — District Court, S.D. New York · 1:26-cv-06120 · filed 2026-07-20 · 820 Copyright (docket) - De La Torre v. Taboola, Inc. (1:26-cv-06338) — District Court, S.D. New York · 1:26-cv-06338 · filed 2026-07-24 · 890 Other Statutory Actions (docket) - Wistisen v. Alibaba Group Holding Limited (1:26-cv-06654) — District Court, S.D. New York · 1:26-cv-06654 · filed 2026-08-04 · 850 Securities/Commodities (docket) - Doe 3 v. X. AI Corp. (5:26-cv-05193) — District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 5:26-cv-05193 · filed 2026-08-06 · 360 P.I.: Other (docket)

How this is built Counted from our own news_articles table on 2026-08-11: rows with change_type='litigation', status IN (approved, published). Each row was written by the court-records watch (scripts/court-records-watch.mjs), which queries CourtListener's public RECAP search for federal dockets matching a fixed AI-subject-matter allow-list (large-language-model, chatbot and named-defendant terms — see scripts/lib/court-records.mjs), keeps only allow-listed-source, allow-listed-signal hits, and writes one draft per docket with a deep link to the docket page. No filing text is fetched or summarized; no case is characterized as meritorious, frivolous, or anything else — "tracked" means "a real federal docket exists and matched the allow-list," nothing more. This is a floor on federal AI-adjacent litigation, not a census: state courts and matters CourtListener has not yet indexed are not visible to this watch.

Sources & citations #

• ASKINS v. OPENAI FOUNDATION (4:26-cv-00335) — District Court, N.D. Florida · 4:26-cv-00335 · filed 2026-07-14 · 365 Personal Inj. Prod. Liability www.courtlistener.com - Chamberlain v. Granola, Inc. (3:26-cv-07926) — District Court, N.D. California · 3:26-cv-07926 · filed 2026-07-30 www.courtlistener.com - De La Torre v. Taboola, Inc. (1:26-cv-06338) — District Court, S.D. New York · 1:26-cv-06338 · filed 2026-07-24 · 890 Other Statutory Actions www.courtlistener.com - Doe 3 v. X. AI Corp. (5:26-cv-05193) — District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 5:26-cv-05193 · filed 2026-08-06 · 360 P.I.: Other www.courtlistener.com - Does 1 through 26 v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (4:26-cv-07122) — District Court, N.D. California · 4:26-cv-07122 · filed 2026-07-13 · 442 Civil Rights: Jobs www.courtlistener.com - Does v. x.Al Corp (4:26-cv-00750) — District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 4:26-cv-00750 · filed 2026-07-23 · 440 Civil Rights: Other www.courtlistener.com - Does v. x.Al Corp (4:26-cv-00772) — District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 4:26-cv-00772 · filed 2026-07-29 · 360 P.I.: Other www.courtlistener.com - EVOX Productions LLC v. Midjourney, Inc. (2:26-cv-08408) — District Court, C.D. California · 2:26-cv-08408 · filed 2026-07-30 · 820 Copyright www.courtlistener.com - Internet Forest Corporation v. Keru AI Inc. (1:26-cv-05948) — District Court, S.D. New York · 1:26-cv-05948 · filed 2026-07-14 · 840 Trademark www.courtlistener.com - MALL v. OPENAI FOUNDATION (4:26-cv-00334) — District Court, N.D. Florida · 4:26-cv-00334 · filed 2026-07-14 · 365 Personal Inj. Prod. Liability www.courtlistener.com - Pascual v. Anthropic, PBC (3:26-cv-07699) — District Court, N.D. California · 3:26-cv-07699 · filed 2026-07-24 · 190 Contract: Other www.courtlistener.com - Patel v. Anthropic, PBC (3:26-cv-07837) — District Court, N.D. California · 3:26-cv-07837 · filed 2026-07-28 · 360 P.I.: Other www.courtlistener.com - Pearson v. Google LLC (5:26-cv-07495) — District Court, N.D. California · 5:26-cv-07495 · filed 2026-07-20 · 890 Other Statutory Actions www.courtlistener.com - Pilavian v. Suno, Inc. (1:26-cv-13400) — District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1:26-cv-13400 · filed 2026-07-24 · 190 Contract: Other www.courtlistener.com - Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs, Inc. (1:26-cv-06120) — District Court, S.D. New York · 1:26-cv-06120 · filed 2026-07-20 · 820 Copyright www.courtlistener.com - University of Tennessee Research Foundation v. Anthropic PBC (1:26-cv-00887) — District Court, D. Delaware · 1:26-cv-00887 · filed 2026-07-20 · 830 Patent www.courtlistener.com - VB Assets, LLC v. International Business Machines Corporation (1:26-cv-00868) — District Court, D. Delaware · 1:26-cv-00868 · filed 2026-07-16 · 830 Patent www.courtlistener.com - VE Opening LLC v. Dropbox, Inc. (5:26-cv-07549) — District Court, N.D. California · 5:26-cv-07549 · filed 2026-07-22 · 830 Patent www.courtlistener.com - Wistisen v. Alibaba Group Holding Limited (1:26-cv-06654) — District Court, S.D. New York · 1:26-cv-06654 · filed 2026-08-04 · 850 Securities/Commodities www.courtlistener.com - X.AI LLC v. Bloodworth (7:26-cv-00089) — District Court, N.D. Texas · 7:26-cv-00089 · filed 2026-07-30 · 190 Contract: Other Contract www.courtlistener.com - X.AI LLC v. Ellison (0:26-cv-03425) — District Court, D. Minnesota · 0:26-cv-03425 · filed 2026-07-27 · 950 Constitutional - State Statute www.courtlistener.com - X.AI LLC v. Harwood (7:26-cv-00078) — District Court, N.D. Texas · 7:26-cv-00078 · filed 2026-07-14 · 190 Contract: Other Contract www.courtlistener.com - Yappi v. Wix.com Ltd. (1:26-cv-08852) — District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1:26-cv-08852 · filed 2026-07-24 · 850 Securities/Commodities

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