2019 Copyright Law Public Domain Registration 
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 3, 2022
3: Copyright and the Takings Clause. One of the more confusing areas of copyright law in the United States is how it impacts states. Under the current law, all copyright matters are federal. Though the infringement isn’t in question, the copyright registration is. 5: The Public Domain Expands.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused registration of “Trump Too Small” under Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act ( 15 USC 1052(c) ) because the phrase includes a living individual’s name without his written consent. Tam (2017) and Iancu v. The text of Section 2(c) is viewpoint-neutral.
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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
While Brexit created many questions and dilemmas that took years to sort out, for trademark attorneys the primary question was always: “What will become of UK protection for EU trademark registrations?” In 2019, that extension ran out, and 95-year-old works from the 1920s began to enter the public domain every January.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Indeed, human creators seek compensation for the novel use of their intellectual efforts while AI firms aim to maximize the free harvesting of data (including copyright-protected materials) for training their algorithms. Lately, IP offices and the judiciary have started to decide on the copyrightability of AI-generated outputs.
CopyrightsWorld
APRIL 29, 2022
Last Monday, the Copyright Office issued a fresh ruling rejecting a request to copyright an AI-generated artwork. “Visions of a Dying Brain” created by AI. ” An Exchange of Letters with the Copyright Office. ” In the United States, only human creators have copyright. .”
CopyrightsWorld
APRIL 29, 2022
Last Monday, the Copyright Office issued a fresh ruling rejecting a request to copyright an AI-generated artwork. “Visions of a Dying Brain” created by AI. ” An Exchange of Letters with the Copyright Office. ” In the United States, only human creators have copyright. .”
Velocity of Content
JULY 8, 2021
In March, 2019, the US Supreme Court released its decision in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. While reading this decision – authored by the late Justice Ginsberg — it occurred to me that it might have immediate application to the routines regular bloggers (and podcasters ) use to protect their work under copyright.
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