Calif. OpenAI Plaintiffs Appealing Denial to Intervene in 4 N.Y. Cases

The 14 author plaintiffs in the copyright infringement suit against OpenAI in the Northern District of California are appealing a district court's April 1 denial of their motion to intervene in the four New York actions against Microsoft and OpenAI for the purpose of transferring, staying or dismissing those actions (see 2404020001), said their notice of appeal Friday (docket 1:24-cv-00084). The California plaintiffs wrongly claim an interest in avoiding contradictory rulings between the New York and California actions and that those contradictory rulings would impair their interests, said the order from Judge Sidney Stein for Southern New York. But the “substantial differences” between the California and New York actions “lessen any risk of contradictory rulings,” it said.