Today’s MarketingJudge dismisses Google lawsuit against SerpApi a second time
A federal judge granted SerpApi’s motion to dismiss Google’s amended complaint, which claimed SerpApi bypassed Google’s anti-scraping system in violation of the DMCA. The ruling found Google failed to plead enough facts and does not say SerpApi’s scraping is lawful. Google can file a corrected complaint by November 30, 2026, and the case will be dismissed with prejudice if it does not.
Our take
Rank trackers, AI visibility tools and SEO dashboards depend on scraped search results, so this case decides whether that data stays cheap and available. Ask your SEO tool vendors how they collect Google results and what their backup plan is if Google wins on a third try. Keep your own Search Console exports as the one data source no court case can cut off.
