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Merriam-Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica Sue OpenAI for Copyright and Trademark Infringement

Encyclopedia Britannica and its parent company, which owns Merriam-Webster, have filed a landmark lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging both copyright infringement and trademark violations — including the novel claim that ChatGPT fabricates content and falsely attributes it to Britannica.

March 17, 2026TechCrunch / Engadget

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Legal & Policy

A comprehensive legal update from Norton Rose Fulbright maps the rapidly shifting AI copyright landscape in early 2026. Key developments include the Supreme Court's denial of certiorari in Thaler v. Perlmutter (confirming human authorship as a copyright requirement), the Bartz v. Anthropic settlement of $1.5 billion on training data claims, and new discovery rulings in the OpenAI MDL establishing that ChatGPT logs are discoverable documents.

March 13, 2026Norton Rose Fulbright

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Merriam-Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica Sue OpenAI for Copyright and Trademark Infringement

Legal Update: AI Copyright Cases in 2026