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9 November 2021CopyrightMuireann Bolger

Reaction: SCOTUS mulls H&M copyright dispute with Unicolors

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has scrutinised a major copyright dispute between  H&M and Unicolors, after finding faults with a judgment handed down by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last year.

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