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Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024

IPilogue

Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. As a result, the Mickey Mouse copyright was then set to expire at the end of 2003. Serena Nath is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024

IPilogue

Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. As a result, the Mickey Mouse copyright was then set to expire at the end of 2003. The post Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024 appeared first on IPOsgoode.

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Understanding The Patent Specification Of An Invention

Intepat

The Patent Rules, 2003 ( the Rules ) also particularly deal with the specification of an invention. No exclusivity can be claimed over anything which is not disclosed in the complete specification and would subsequently become open to public use. Provisional Specification.