Art Copying Public Domain Public Use 
Patently-O
AUGUST 22, 2022
Bonito Boats centers on a Florida statute prohibiting copying of unpatented boat hulls via direct molding. And the Supreme Court affirmed — holding that the “carefully crafted bargain” embodied by the US patent system occupies the entire space and thus preempts any further state action offering patent-like rights.
Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog
JULY 19, 2022
A person authorises the use of the space for the transmission, sale, distribution, or display of an unauthorised work unless they know or have good reason to suspect that doing so will result in a copyright violation. With today’s technology, it is very simple to copy and share the original works of other people.
43(B)log
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
Mark Lemley & Sari Mazzurco, The Exclusive Right to Customize Aftermarket customization, sometimes shoes into art and sculpture, sometimes shoes into more decorated shoes. Is it art, collaboration, or something else? We don’t want it to be based on intent—McDonald’s can intend art. Lemley: Hard to separate artists from art.
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