Individual Action
Dow Jones v. Perplexity AI
DiscoveryNot a class action
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. & NYP Holdings, Inc. v. Perplexity AI, Inc.
Where it stands
The court denied Perplexity's motions to dismiss and to transfer on August 21, 2025; Perplexity answered on October 6, 2025 and the publishers later won an order expanding the period of Perplexity query logs subject to production.
Key ruling
Aug. 21, 2025 — the court held Perplexity is subject to personal jurisdiction and venue in New York, refused transfer to N.D. Cal., and allowed claims on works registered after filing to proceed.
The record
- Court
- S.D.N.Y.
- Case number
- 1:24-cv-07984
- Filed
- 2024-10-21
- Defendants
- Perplexity AI, Inc.
- Plaintiffs
- Dow Jones (The Wall Street Journal) and NYP Holdings (New York Post), News Corp subsidiaries — corporate plaintiffs, not a class
- Technology at issue
- Perplexity 'answer engine' and its RAG index
- Relief sought
- Statutory and actual damages plus an injunction against copying and verbatim reproduction of WSJ and NY Post content
Claims pleaded
Sources (3)
- Dow Jones & Company Inc. v. Perplexity AI Inc.Loeb & Loeb LLP · 2025-08-21
- AI Infringement Case Updates: November 23, 2024McKool Smith · 2024-11-23
- Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025)Chat GPT Is Eating the World · 2025-10-26
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