Cloned-and-Revised Legal Documents Aren’t Copyrightable–UIRC v. William Blair
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JANUARY 17, 2024
The plaintiff gets an expensive lesson in the law of derivative works. * * * UIRC offers bonds using a private placement memorandum (PPM) and an indenture of trust. UIRC obtained copyright registrations for two versions of its documents. Instead, it copied much of the language from the Idaho materials. See, e.g., White v.
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