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A Lady Whistledown-Worthy Scandal!

IPilogue

Netflix is now suing Bear and Barlow for stealing “ valuable intellectual property ” to build their global brand. Netflix argued that this is a direct violation of US copyright law , which provides that only copyright holders have the exclusive right to monetize and create derivative works of their IP.

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Copyright Evidence: 21 for 2021 (a year in review)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Drawing on a well-established body of quantitative studies, Heald concludes that extensions to copyright duration have largely negative impacts on the availability of works, development of derivative works, and prices. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.