Key holding or allegation
Plaintiff allegations only; no merits ruling identified by the cutoff.
Why it matters
Extends the EVOX automotive-photography campaign to Midjourney and provides a targeted image-model training complaint.
Facts
EVOX alleges Midjourney used tens of thousands of its automotive photographs included in LAION-related datasets to train image-generation models without a licence and stripped identifying information.
Issues before the court
Whether the alleged acquisition, training, CMI removal and outputs infringe copyright or create statutory liability.
What the court did not decide
Liability, fair use, CMI, substantial similarity, damages and remedies remain unresolved.
Procedural timeline
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Complaint filed: EVOX alleged Midjourney trained on tens of thousands of copyrighted automotive photographs and removed identifying information.