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Podcasts and copyright: which licences are actually required
Relevant cases: Joe Rogan Experience / Spotify, general practice
Apr 2026
International influencer campaigns: legal traps no brand wants
General practice – IP conflicts in international marketing
Apr 2026
User-generated content (UGC): rights, liability and the Content ID dispute
YouTube Content ID disputes – general practice
Apr 2026
Deepfakes and image rights: Tom Hanks and the danger of stolen digital identity
Unauthorised deepfake campaigns – Tom Hanks and other actors, 2023–2024
Apr 2026
NFTs and intellectual property: what you actually buy when you acquire a digital token
Hermès v Mason Rothschild – MetaBirkins (USA, 2023)
Apr 2026
Influencers and intellectual property: risks many still ignore
General practice – relevant cases: Chiara Ferragni v Guess (2019)
Apr 2026
Music on social media: a like can become expensive without a licence
Warner Music v commercial TikTok/Instagram accounts
Apr 2026
AI generates an image: who owns the rights? Getty Images v Stability AI
USA and UK, 2023–present
Apr 2026
British Horseracing Board v William Hill: the sui generis database right
CJEU C-203/02 | 9 November 2004
Apr 2026
YouTube and Cyando: when is a platform liable for pirated content?
CJEU C-682/18 and C-683/18 | 22 June 2021
Apr 2026
Musical sampling: two seconds of a song and a lawsuit with Kraftwerk
CJEU C-476/17 | 29 July 2019 | Pelham v Hütter
Apr 2026
Does a press photograph enjoy copyright? The case of Painer v Standard Verlags
CJEU C-145/10 | 1 December 2011
Apr 2026
Can 11 words from a press article be protected by copyright? The Infopaq case
CJEU C-5/08 | 16 July 2009 | Infopaq International v Danske Dagblades Forening
Apr 2026
A media player with add-ons for illegal streaming: selling it is infringement
CJEU C-527/15 | 26 April 2017
Apr 2026
Is a link to a press article an infringement of copyright or not? The Svensson case
CJEU C-466/12 | 13 February 2014
Apr 2026
SAS Institute v World Programming: copying software functionality is not infringement
CJEU C-406/10 | 2 May 2012
Apr 2026
You bought second-hand software: is it legal to resell it? The case of UsedSoft v Oracle
CJEU C-128/11 | 3 July 2012 | UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp
Apr 2026
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