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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The question of copyright subsistence in EU copyright law will never get old. In the InfoSoc Directive, the EU legislature harmonised some of the economic rights, but left entirely unaddressed the…
On 10 March the European Parliament adopted a report on copyright and generative artificial intelligence, tabled by the Committee on Legal Affairs. The report urges the European Commission to…
This post continues the discussion initiated in my recent contribution and turns from legislative developments to emerging administrative practice. In late 2025, two related AI-assisted works…
