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Mr. Knauf did not draft, and has never claimed to have drafted, any parts of the electronic draft or the letter and would never have asserted copyright over any of their content. In our client’s view, it was the duchess’s letter alone,”
Jason‘s lawyers said in court.
Lord Justice Warby granted summary judgement, meaning the final judgement was made in
Meghan’s favor. The case will now avoid a further trial.
Prior to this, Markle reportedly won most of her claim for misuse of private information and copyright infringement against Associated Newspapers Limited, the publisher of the Mail on Sunday, and the MailOnline website. The 39-year-old sued more than five articles from 2019 that published large excerpts of a letter she wrote to her father in 2018.
Back in February, a High Court judge ruled in her favor, saying the publishing of large parts of the handwritten letter was “manifestly excessive” and unlawful. The judge granted the duchess’s request for a summary judgment to settle the case, meaning she won that part of the case without having to go to trial.
Author shoots down claims that Meghan Markle plagiarized her book
Updated May 05, 2021;
Posted May 05, 2021
Meghan Markle has been accused of plagiarizing her upcoming children s book, The Bench. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)AP
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Meghan Markle has been accused of plagiarizing her upcoming children’s book, “The Bench.”
Those on social media quickly drew comparisons between Markle’s work and that of Corinne Averiss, although Averiss herself recently shot down such claims.
The New York Post’s Page Six reports that Markle’s book highlights the bond between fathers and sons as inspired by her own husband and son, Prince Harry and Archie. However, upon releasing an excerpt from the children’s novel, those online quickly drew comparisons between Markle’s debut book and Averiss’ “The Boy on the Bench.”
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