A Microsoft-backed startup, OpenAI, is currently facing allegations of copyright infringement from a group of authors. The writers accuse OpenAI of what they term “forum shopping,” where they say the company seeks the most favorable legal schedule by adjudicating their case in different court jurisdictions.
The authors plea to a federal judge in California is that OpenAI be refrained from further attempts to litigate a related action in a New York court, alleging the company made deals to obtain a superior litigation timetable.
OpenAI’s legal approach is suggestive of a growing trend of employing strategies aimed at securing a preferential course in legal proceedings. Such tactics, while not uncommon in highly complex litigation cases, often cause friction among plaintiffs who risk having their cases heard in differing courts.
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