In a years-long battle, Meghan Markle comes out the victor. Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, and MailOnline, recently lost on appeal its three-year court fight against Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, over the Mail on Sunday's publication of excerpts from a letter written by the duchess to her father, Thomas Markle, in August 2018. Upon publication of the letters, Meghan filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement and invasion of privacy, claiming that her father's letter was "private and personal." In February 2021, High Court judge Mr. Justice Warby granted a summary judgment in the [...]

Copyright protection is critical for businesses of all sizes as it allows them the opportunity to benefit from their work. There would be little financial incentive for new ideas, music, art, design, or enterprise without such protection. A copyright exists from the moment a creative work, such as a poem, book, film, music, image, software, or song lyrics, is created so long as it demonstrates some level of labor, skill, or judgment (known as “a modicum of creativity”). However, an individual or business must file for copyright protection with the U.S. Copyright Office to be able to pursue infringers via [...]