A copyright lawsuit filed against OpenAI by major Canadian news outlets can be heard in Ontario after a court rejected the artificial intelligence company’s argument that the province has no jurisdiction over it.

OpenAI, headquartered in San Francisco, attempted to have the lawsuit tossed by arguing that none of the corporate entities named as defendants in the case conduct business in Ontario, and that the United States would be a more appropriate venue. The lawsuit was filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Judge Jessica Kimmel said in a ruling issued Friday that the court has jurisdiction over six of the OpenAI entities named in the lawsuit. The other four were not proven to be involved in business operations related to the claims in the lawsuit. She also wrote the U.S.

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