International Copyright

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The Predicate-Act Doctrine Meets Mirrored Servers: Motorola Solutions v. Hytera and the Limits of U.S. Copyright Abroad

The Seventh Circuit's July 2024 decision in Motorola Solutions v. Hytera shows how the presumption against extraterritoriality and the predicate-act doctrine cabin recovery of foreign copyright damages — even amid blatant source-code theft — while the Defend Trade Secrets Act reaches worldwide sales.

May 3, 2026

International Copyright

Spanski v. Telewizja Polska: A Foreign Broadcaster's Stream Lands Inside U.S. Copyright

The D.C. Circuit held that a foreign broadcaster who directs infringing video-on-demand performances to viewers in the United States commits a domestic violation of the Copyright Act.

September 15, 2025

International Copyright

Itar-Tass v. Russian Kurier: Splitting Ownership and Infringement Across Borders

The Second Circuit held that the law of the country of origin governs copyright ownership while U.S. law governs infringement occurring on American soil.

June 16, 2025

International Copyright

Golan v. Holder: When Congress Pulled Foreign Works Back Out of the Public Domain

The Supreme Court upheld Section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, holding that Congress may restore copyright to foreign works that had already entered the U.S. public domain.

March 17, 2025