Meghan Markle wins last court copyright claim over letter to father in UK tabloid lawsuit
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Last Updated: May 06, 2021, 08:06 AM IST
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Meghan s letter to her estranged father was written a few months after she married Prince Harry.
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Meghan and her husband, the Duke of Sussex, have successfully mounted further legal action over media breaches of their privacy since moving to the United States last year.
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LONDON:A British court on Wednesday upheld Meghan Markle s copyright claim against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, over its publication of a letter to her father.
The judge, Lord Justice Warby, found that Meghan was the sole copyright owner of the letter.
Mail on Sunday s publisher.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has secured another victory in her legal action against Associated Newspapers, publishers of the
Mail on Sunday and MailOnline. As the
Guardian reports, Meghan won her copyright claim over the
Mail on Sunday s publication of a private letter to her father, Thomas Markle. The judge, Lord Justice Warby, granted summary judgement supporting Meghan s copyright claim, meaning the case will not have to go to trial.
Meghan s lawyer, Ian Mill QC, told Lord Justice Warby that Associated Newspapers had no honest belief in their claim that Kensington Palace aide Jason Knauf could have joint copyright of the letter. Meghan shared a draft of the letter to her father with Knauf and Prince Harry as this was a deeply painful process that they had lived through with her, her lawyer said, but Knauf did not write any part of the letter. Lawye