1st Circuit Sides With Copyright Defendant, Says Sublicense ‘Indisputable’

Mealey's (March 17, 2020, 9:55 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — In what it deemed a case of first impression, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 13 concluded that copyright licensees who are given the unrestricted right to grant sublicenses “may do so without using express language” (Photographic Illustrators Corp. v. Orgill Inc., No. 19-1452, 1st Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 8099)....