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 court found that while both works shared the same basic plot premise—a group of students venture off to a cabin in the wilderness and are subsequently murdered—this was a common and unprotectable horror staple. “The Cabin in the Woods” (2011). Beyond that, the overall stories were quite different. The Ghostly Trio.
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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