8 April 2021CopyrightMuireann Bolger

SCOTUS ‘scares’ copyright owners with fair use expansion

The saga of Google v Oracle kept the IP world on tenterhooks for more than a decade—and this week’s SCOTUS ruling delivered a final unexpected twist—significantly expanding the scope of “fair use”.

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