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Intellectual Property

Jul. 10, 2026

Meta poised to defeat class certification in copyright suit

U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez Olguin expressed skepticism that common legal issues predominate over the individualized questions surrounding each allegedly infringing advertisement.

Meta poised to defeat class certification in copyright suit
U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez Olguin

U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez Olguin indicated Thursday that she is tentatively inclined to deny class certification in a lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of hosting advertisements for products that infringed the plaintiffs' copyrights.

"My tentative view of this is to deny plaintiffs' motion," Martinez Olguin said at a hearing Thursday. "That said, I have a number of questions." Cook v. Meta Platforms Inc., 4:22-cv-02485 (N.D. Cal.,...

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