TORONTO – Cohere Inc. has failed at getting a U.S. court to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit several media companies filed against the Toronto tech firm.
In a decision she recently rendered, New York judge Colleen McMahon says Cohere’s arguments are without merit and the publishers have made adequate allegations.
Cohere had argued the media companies deliberately used its software to manufacture a case and said it had no reason to believe any real customer has ever used its technology to infringe on publisher copyright.
Publishers including the Toronto Star, Condé Nast and McClatchy had alleged Cohere infringed on their copyright by scraping their articles from the internet without the publishers’ permission or compensation.
The group of publishers that brought the lawsuit earlier this year also includes Forbes Media, Guardian News, the Los Angeles Times, Vox, Politico and the Atlantic.
Cohere is a Canadian company that develops artificial intelligence models used by businesses including Oracle, Dell, Royal Bank of Canada, TD Bank and Bell.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 17, 2025.
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