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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

When people find out that I am an Intellectual Property attorney, I am often battered with questions about the topic. Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. That’s understandable.

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Free Mickey? (Don’t Be Goofy)

LexBlog IP

January 1, 2024, brought numerous hangovers along with an unprecedented amount of media attention to intellectual property law. Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy.

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Which Types of IP (Intellectual Property) Protection Do Artists Need?

Art Law Journal

When people find out that I am an Intellectual Property (IP) attorney, I am often battered with questions about the topic. Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. That’s understandable.

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Prince, Prince, Prints: Will the Supreme Court Revisit Fair Use?

LexBlog IP

The Warhol Foundation argues that what it calls the Second Circuit’s “visual similarity” approach—which focuses on assessing the visual similarities between the two works to the exclusion of assessing their respective meanings or messages—conflicts with the Supreme Court’s instructions in Google and Campbell v. for Visual Arts, Inc.