Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

New Copyrighted Works Enter the Public Domain: In 1998, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act added 20 years to the term of copyright protection for pre-1976 works, and paused the annual expiration of copyright on older works for 20 years. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby , along with its iconic cover.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

performances of “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical”) or other derivative works that might compete with Netflix’s own planned live events,” including the multi-city “ Bridgerton Experience.” Fan sites prompted by a book or film, for example, may benefit the copyright owner. Petrella v. 1962, 1976 (2014).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

13] Instead, the Second Circuit held that the differences between the works are more akin to the differences between a novel and an adaptation of that novel—“a paradigmatic example” of a derivative work that would require a license. [14]. It found that all four fair use factors weighed against fair use. [12] Goldsmith , 11 F.4th

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Copyright is the type of Intellectual Property most often associated with artistic works like fine art, movies, or books. Copyright only protects: original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium. For example, anybody can publish a book about three teenagers who solve magical mysteries at a wizarding school.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Copyright is the type of IP most often associated with artistic works like fine art, movies, or books. Copyright only protects: original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium. More importantly, because the work must be tangible, that also means that an idea can’t be copyrighted , only the execution of that idea.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Legal Background: Copyright and Derivative Works Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works,” 17 U.S.C. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2024

Copyright Law Copy Right is a legal concept that gives creators exclusive rights over their original works and allows them to control the use and distribution of those works. These rights generally include the rights to reproduce, distribute, perform, publish and create derivative works.

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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.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

You can always get drunk and order random stuff on Amazon curl up with a scary book or Halloween-themed movie, game or music video that’s found its way into copyright history. So, without further ado, here are 13 Halloween-themed works that someone (hopefully other than you) got sued for. “Jap Herron” (1917).

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Carys Craig, Copyright & Gender: Philosophy, Proof & Praxis Book chapter: research agenda for feminist copyright. Lunney: benefits of © system may also include consumption of © works: attending theater, buying albums, books. Public reaction was swift and divided. public domain. Who is doing it?

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

The movie adaptation of the book isn’t inherently fair use. Jessica Silbey: same work in different uses will sometimes be fair and sometimes not? They chose not to say the making was not a fair use, hanging on wall, and use in art history book—seem to be conceded fair uses at oral argument. Copyright for humans only?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The lawsuit potentially raises fundamental issues concerning freedom of speech and the right of journalists to publish sound recordings and transcripts of interviews of public officials, conducted on the record, with the admitted consent of the subject. 2d at 506-07; 202 F.3d

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

Trump Woodward’s publication, The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump, an audio-book also released in print. is] that works produced for the U.S. Government by its officers and employees should not be subject to copyright” and fall “in the public domain.”

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