June 25, 2021
The first six months of 2021 saw a blockbuster ruling in Google v. Oracle, but there was also plenty of other copyright action elsewhere — from a home design "troll" to Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan to a major fair use ruling on Andy Warhol. To get you up to speed, here are the seven major rulings you need to know from the first half of the year.
February 12, 2021
A federal judge has added another chapter to a "bitter familial dispute" over the intellectual property of the late novelist Tom Clancy, resolving some issues but dodging one big question: Who owns the author's iconic Jack Ryan character?