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Joshua Yuvaraj (New Zealand Centre for Intellectual Property, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland)

Should constructive trusts apply to copyright? Game Meats v Farm Transparency International heads to the High Court of Australia

April 12, 2026

Constructive trusts can be imposed to recognise a plaintiff’s interest in property owned by others. Courts in Australia and the UK (Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers and others (No 2) [1988] 3…

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Jan Bernd Nordemann (NORDEMANN)

Is ChatGPT allowed under EU copyright law to generate a 'Game of Thrones' sequel?

April 8, 2026

Sadly, there won't be a ninth season of "Game of Thrones" anytime soon. However, in the US, ChatGPT has written a sequel to one of the underlying books, and a US court is hearing the case on grounds…

Nicola Lucchi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Department of Law), Tim W. Dornis (Leibniz University Hannover; New York University School of Law), Pascal T. Sierek (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law)

Training Data, Market Dilution, and the Elephant in the Room: Why the Three-Step Test Matters for Generative AI

March 31, 2026

The global debate over generative AI (genAI) and copyright has, by now, produced a voluminous body of commentary. Courts in the United States have wrestled with fair use factors in Kadrey v. Meta and…

Sean Flynn (Director, Centre on Knowledge Governance, Geneva Graduate Institute)

New WIPO Guide Casts Doubt on Open General Exceptions

March 30, 2026

WIPO’s new Guide to the Copyright and Related Rights Treaties Administered by WIPO (2nd ed.) contains some complicated messages on the use of open general exceptions, like fair use and fair dealing…

Ines Duhanic (DPO | Inhouse Counsel, Menarini Group, Berlin )

The 'Prompter' as Copyright Author? Lessons from Munich

March 25, 2026

For the first time, a German court has addressed the "Prompter's" claim to authorship in the output. The District Court of Munich (AG München, Judgment of Feb 13, 2026 – 142 C 9786/25) offers a…

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Jeremy Blum, Marc Linsner (Bristows LLP)

AGA Rangemaster Group Ltd v UK Innovation Group Ltd – The UK Court of Appeal rules in the second instalment of the Aga cooker sAGA

March 23, 2026

In this post we review the recent Court of Appeal decision in AGA Rangemaster Group Ltd v UK Innovations Group Ltd & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 1622 concerning claims of trade mark and copyright…

Marianna Foerg (Hamlins LLP and King's College London)

European Parliament Study Recommends Statutory Licensing as the Optimal Copyright Framework for AI Training

March 19, 2026

The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has reignited long‑standing debates about how copyright law should balance incentives for creation with the societal benefits of…