In the title complex, [Cu(C(26)H(26)N(2)O(4))], the Cu(II) ion lies on a crystallographic twofold rotation axis and is coordinated in a slightly distorted square-planar environment. The dihedral angle between the central benzene ring and each of the two symmetry-related outer benzene rings is 5.1 (2)°. The crystal structure is stabilized by inter-molecular π-π inter-actions with centroid-centroid distances in the range 3.466 (2)-3.6431 (16) Å.