Major decisions on dataset TDM, model memorisation, model-level reproduction, outputs and AI-assisted copyrightability.
Categories may overlap. Each matter and event retains its own procedural status.
HELD2026-09-03 hearing scheduled
Kneschke v LAION
LG Hamburg; Hanseatisches OLG; Bundesgerichtshof
LG Hamburg dismissed the claim relying on the research TDM framework; OLG Hamburg affirmed and held section 44b TDM applicable to the image-analysis activity, finding the natural-language reservation insufficiently machine-readable, with section 60d also supporting the result.
Text and Data MiningRights Reservation / Opt-OutReproduction
View matter →HELD2026 appeal pending
GEMA v OpenAI
LG Munchen I; appeal to OLG Munchen
LG Munchen I held that reproducibly memorised protected lyrics in GPT-4/4o constituted copies embodied in the model, that TDM did not justify the persistent model-level reproduction found, and that specified outputs separately infringed.
MemorisationModel-Level ReproductionText and Data Mining
View matter →HELD2026-07-31
GEMA v Suno
LG Munchen I
The court found protected compositions reproducibly contained in Suno models and found infringing outputs; it also applied U.S. law to U.S. training acts and rejected fair use on the facts presented.
TrainingMemorisationModel-Level Reproduction
View matter →HELD2026-02-13
AI Logo case
AG Munchen
The court found no protection on the evidence because the prompts left the actual creative decisions to the AI, while recognising that copyright may be possible where human creative choices objectively determine the output.
AuthorshipCopyrightabilityHuman Creative Contribution
View matter →HELD2026-04-02
Underwater Dog AI Transformation case
LG Dusseldorf; OLG Dusseldorf
The appellate court found no sufficient basis for treating the AI output as a new human-authored work but also found no copyright infringement because only unprotected motif elements, not the photographer's protected creative expression, were reproduced.
CopyrightabilityHuman Creative ContributionReproduction
View matter →PRIMA FACIE2025-12-17
Frankfurt AI-Song case
LG Frankfurt am Main
The court treated the human-written lyrics as protectable despite AI use in producing the song and focused on evidence distinguishing human-created from AI-generated elements.
AuthorshipCopyrightabilityHuman Creative Contribution
View matter →ALLEGED2026-03-27 filed
Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe v OpenAI Ireland
LG Munchen I
Plaintiff allegations only; no merits decision identified by the cutoff.
TrainingMemorisationModel-Level Reproduction
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