Key holding or allegation
Complaint allegations only for the core copyright merits; no substantive merits judgment identified by the cutoff.
Why it matters
Major pending studio-versus-image-generator litigation.
Facts
Major studios allege Midjourney trained on protected works and generates infringing depictions of protected characters.
Issues before the court
Training, output infringement, secondary liability and remedies remain pending.
What the court did not decide
All core copyright merits questions.
Procedural timeline
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Pending status checkpoint: Consolidated Midjourney studio litigation was in discovery/ADR activity with no substantive copyright merits judgment identified by the cutoff.