Copying Copyright Law Invention Public Use 
Patently-O
AUGUST 22, 2022
For our patent law course today, the students read the Justice O’Connor unanimous opinion in Bonito Boats, Inc. Bonito Boats centers on a Florida statute prohibiting copying of unpatented boat hulls via direct molding. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law.
LexBlog IP
JANUARY 5, 2022
In this case, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a government entity may reproduce, display, and utilize a copyrighted work for its own benefit without paying any compensation to the copyright owner. 92, 96 (1876) (“A patent for an invention is as much property as a patent for land. Wright , 94 U.S. ”); James v.
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