IPilogue
DECEMBER 10, 2021
copyright law, a particularly confusing subject for foreign works published before 1978. copyright law. Drawing on Twin Books , they argued, “a publication of a work in the United States without the statutory notice of copyright fell into the public domain,” as per the U.S.
The TTABlog
MARCH 2, 2022
Barrie's Peter Pan , first staged in 1904, and so the parties were in agreement that under copyright law, both the name and the character are in the public domain. It has used TINKER BELL as a trademark for dolls since 2007 and registered the mark in 2009 without a Section 2(f) acquired distinctiveness claim.
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IP and Legal Filings
MAY 3, 2023
Here, merely automated and mechanical work that lacks originality is also protected by the said copyright doctrine. For instance, in accordance with this doctrine, the author would be entitled to copyright protection if someone collected different poems that were previously in the public domain and produced in a single document.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2023
At the district court level, the law of copyright preemption is a morass of ad hoc explanations of whether certain contracts are “equivalent” to the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright law. Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws.
43(B)log
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
Copyright Law Why are we so sure facts are excluded from the statute when the statute doesn’t use that word and uses a lot of other words. Karp says that librarians attack (c) protection for authors; on information, he says, a copyright doesn’t restrain information, b/c it doesn’t protect facts or ideas, only expression.
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