Satriani alleges Coldplay's Viva La Vida, or Death And All His Friends, "copied and incorporated substantial original portions" of his 2004 guitar instrumental If I Could Fly from his album Is There Love in Space?.
Coldplay's single went straight to number one in the UK charts when it was released in June and spent six weeks in the top spot. The hit also formed the title track of the band's first album in three years.
On Thursday, the Chris Martin-fronted group nabbed seven Grammy nominations, including the coveted record of the year award.
At the same time, 52-year-old Satriani was filing his lawsuit, and requested a jury trial, damages and "any and all profits" attributable to the alleged copyright infringement.
Coldplay - Martin, bassist Guy Berryman, guitarist Johnny Buckland and drummer Will Champion - were accused of plagiarism in June by New York-based Creaky Boards.
They claimed Martin attended one of their gigs before his band went on to use one of their melodies for Viva La Vida.
A Coldplay spokesman said the track was written in March last year, more than six months before the US band claimed Martin went to see them, and totally refuted the Creaky Boards' claim.
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