Musk loses blockbuster OpenAI suit as jury says too late
Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI was dismissed by a federal jury due to a statute of limitations issue. The jury ruled that Musk waited too long to file his claims against OpenAI and its co-founders. This verdict spares OpenAI from potential legal threats and allows it to continue its commercial operations without reverting to a nonprofit structure.
- ▪A federal jury ruled that Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI was filed too late.
- ▪The jury found Musk's claims barred by relevant statutes of limitations.
- ▪Had Musk won, he sought to force OpenAI to revert to its nonprofit structure.
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This combination of pictures created on February 11, 2025 shows (L-R) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Berlin on February 7, 2025, and Elon Musk at US President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. JOHN MACDOUGALL, SAUL LOEB / AFP A federal jury ruled on Monday, May 18, that Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its co-founders, delivering a decisive victory to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and ending one of Silicon Valley's most closely watched courtroom battles. The jury in Oakland federal court found that Musk's claims against Altman, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, The OpenAI Foundation and Microsoft were barred by relevant statutes of limitations, rejecting the billionaire's core arguments.
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