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3 Count: Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic

Plagiarism Today

The owners of Grease sent a cease and desist letter in August 2019 that resulted in performances of Vape being cancelled. Finally today, Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool reports that ComicMix has announced it will release a series of “lost” Dr. Seuss stories, claiming that they are out of copyright and in the public domain.

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Jean Paul Gaultier, Birth Your Own Venus

IPilogue

In April 2022 , Uffizi sent a cease-and-desist in response to Jean Paul Gaultier’s current use of the Birth of Venus , but the fashion brand never replied and continued its unauthorized use. . The public domain refers to works not protected by copyright, which means the works can be used without acquiring permission or paying a fee.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

And that, in turn, further restricts what should be in the public domain and gives companies power to create property rights where none are otherwise granted in the law. a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license”), and there is no allegation that it was corrupted, changed, or deleted. see Kaplan Decl.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In that case, Judge Easterbrook wrote, in finding that a “shrinkwrap” license was enforceable against the defendant: But are rights created by contract “equivalent to any of the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright”? Zeidenberg , the 1955 Enchantment Under the Sea Dance of Internet legal opinions.

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

Netflix could have sent Barlow & Bear a cease and desist letter hand-delivered by Regé-Jean Page. The company didn’t file its lawsuit as a first or even second resort, but only after the artists decided to stage their musical at the Kennedy Center of all places, and only after they declined to take a license.

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Analysing Amazon’s Strategic Approach to Tackle Patent Infringement

IIPRD

Patent are valid for the duration of 20 years before coming into public domain) Patent infringement can occur in two ways. Often, the third-party sellers engage in selling, distributing and importing of patented product through Amazon channels without consent of the holder or license to sell that particular product. [2]

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

To settle that dispute, the parties worked out an “exclusive” license: the second-comer could sell the design on Amazon, and the registrant could keep selling it on eBay. The second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case. assertions.