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1927 Enters the Public Domain

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

However, January 1 st of each year marks the expiration of another year of historical copyrights, and 2023 ushered works from the year 1927 into the public domain , making them eligible for extensive use without pe rmission or royalties.

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Court Rules Lego Creation Based on Religious Texts is Eligible for Copyright Protection

The IP Law Blog

Thus, here, given that the plaintiff has Copyright Registrations, the burden shifts to Defendants to come forward with “evidence that the work[s] [were] copied from the public domain.” As a result, Defendants contend that Plaintiff’s Second Holy Temple Product can be copied and used in derivative works.

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Court Rules Lego Creation Based on Religious Texts is Eligible for Copyright Protection

LexBlog IP

Thus, here, given that the plaintiff has Copyright Registrations, the burden shifts to Defendants to come forward with “evidence that the work[s] [were] copied from the public domain.” As a result, Defendants contend that Plaintiff’s Second Holy Temple Product can be copied and used in derivative works.

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Is your original work automatically protected by copyright?

Intepat

As the name suggests, copyright means the right to copy. It includes commonly available information such as calendars, telephone directories, a list of tables in a public document, etc. Hence, creators should be well aware to document their work before going into the public domain.

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The Best Starting Place for People New to Copyright

Plagiarism Today

Copyright Office, which is part of the federal government, the work itself is in the public domain. This means that it can be freely copied, printed, shared, distributed without any permission from the U.S. The document itself is very straightforward. Best of all, since it was produced by the U.S. Copyright Office.

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[UPCKat] Access to confidential information by parties and the public in the UPC

The IPKat

The UPCKat trying to keep confidential information confidential in the UPC As part of our UPCKat reporting on the latest UPC developments, the IPKat brings readers a roundup of how the UPC is treating confidentiality and third party access to court documents. Timing Rule 262A.3

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Pirate Sites Using Twitch To Stream TV Shows Face Hollywood Investigation

TorrentFreak

ACE informed the court that the sites offered infringing copies of the movies Suicide Squad and Salt, plus TV shows Gold Rush and Deadliest Catch. The court documents show that the named sites didn’t host any video content since both rely on third-party hosting sites to supply content. Cut-Price Pirates Like Free Streams.