Fifth Circuit’s worldwide copyright ruling raises global licensing risks, lawyers say
By Nick Robertson ( October 2, 2026, 17:52 GMT | Comment) -- A January decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that a US copyright termination notice recaptured rights worldwide may upend the global balance of copyright law, panelists warned at a conference panel Tuesday. The decision, with a pending petition for writ of certiorari at the Supreme Court, chould change the way US companies seek copyright agreements.A decision on global rights termination by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit threatens to upend the global balance of copyright law, panelists warned in a session of the IP Owners Annual Meeting in Toronto on Tuesday....
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