2011 Derivative Work Designs Public Domain 
IP and Legal Filings
MAY 3, 2023
Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. Here, merely automated and mechanical work that lacks originality is also protected by the said copyright doctrine. A publishing company called Feist Publications Inc.
Copyright Lately
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The humanized skeleton figure on the left is Skully, which artist and entrepreneur Gregory Spiers first conceived while designing a T-shirt for the Lithuanian Olympic basketball team. The humanized skeleton figure on the right is Curly, a character designed for Scholastic’s popular “Goosebumps” series of books.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
If the work was published with proper copyright notice, it received a federal statutory copyright. If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. 2011), aff’d , 283 F.3d In Random House, Inc. Rosetta Books, LLC , 150 F. 2d 613 (S.D.N.Y. 3d 490 (2d Cir.
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