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Professional Services Industry Legal Blog
Can I Use Images I Find on the Internet for My Business?
Author: Gustavo “Gus” Sardiña It usually starts innocently. You are building a website, putting together a social media post, or laying out a flyer, and you need a photo. So,…
Spicy IP
SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (07.07.2026)
Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles.As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell…
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The Forgotten Half of the Copyright Bargain – Legal Deposit : Part 2
This is in continuation of Part 1 which dealt with the pre-independence history of Library Deposits and its Coupling/De-Coupling with Copyright! The scheme matured after independence. At a literacy rate…
Spicy IP
The Forgotten Half of the Copyright Bargain – Legal Deposit : Part 1
In 2024 the Union Government approved One Nation One Subscription, a scheme to fund national access to commercial journals at a reported cost of six thousand crore rupees over three…
Brent Britton | Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
The Ownership Laundry Machine
By Brent C.J. Britton Here is something worth a gander: we may be in the process of moving the entire creative output of human civilization into the public domain, doing…
Jotwell
Copyright’s Constitutional Crisis
In May 2025 the Trump Administration summarily fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter and announced that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche would become the…
Copyright Lately
Double Shot’s Last Call: Will SCOTUS Review Worldwide Copyright Termination?
By Aaron Moss
Four major music companies bought into a disputed copyright, hired a Supreme Court heavyweight, and filed a cert petition arguing that the Fifth Circuit sent U.S. termination rights on an…
The Brand Protection Blog
From Tribute to Infringement: Moral(rights) lessons from the LELECHA LuXun Case
By Justin Davidson (HK), Mina Li
On World Book Day in 2024 (April 23), LELECHA, a Mainland China milk tea brand, partnered with Yilin Press to launch a “Smoky Oolong” milk tea as a tribute to…
Harness Dickey Blog
The Supreme Court Narrows Contributory Copyright Liability for ISPs in Cox v. Sony Music
The Supreme Court’s March 25, 2026 decision in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, No. 24-171, 607 U.S. ___ (2026), marks a major clarification of when internet service providers (ISPs) can…
Business and Legal Insights Blog
The Impact of Cox v. Sony on Terms of Use and Privacy Policies
On March 25, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Cox Communications v. Sony, addressing matters related to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The Court determined that Cox did…