Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc., 153 F.3d 82 (2d Cir. 1998).
This case involved a Russian language weekly in New York that copied and published various material from sources in Russia. The issue had to do with the extent to which Russian and American copyright law applied.
The result is contrary to the previous presumption that only the law where the infringement occurred would apply.
- National treatment under the Berne Convention merely assures that the national law of infringement will be applied uniformly to foreign and domestic authors; it provides no guidance on the question of ownership. Indeed, the Berne Convention Implementation Act specifically provides that the rights eligible for protection "shall not be expanded or reduced" by virtue of the Berne Convention. 17 U.S.C. 104(c).
- Quoted text is from http://www.pattishall.com/pdfs/ChoiceofLawinInternational.pdf