MEDIUMCourt CaseACTIVE1:26-cv-01566
Court Case: Williams v. Anthropic PBC
February 25, 2026Court: District Court, S.D. New York
Incident Summary
A lawsuit alleging trade secrets misappropriation was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case 1:26-cv-01566). The parties named include D-Wave Quantum Inc., xAI Corp., IBM Corporation, and Perplexity AI, Inc., and the complaint includes claims under the Defend Trade Secrets Act. The filing indicates a dispute over alleged improper use or handling of proprietary information. Limited public details are available in the provided signal beyond the court, case number, and the nature of the claims.
Incident Details
- Type
- Court Case
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Status
- ACTIVE
- Date Occurred
- February 25, 2026
- Court / Regulator
- District Court, S.D. New York
- Case Number
- 1:26-cv-01566
- Parties
- D-Wave Quantum Inc. v. xAI Corp. v. IBM Corporation v. Perplexity AI, Inc.
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