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5 Spooky Articles About Copyright and Halloween

Plagiarism Today

1: How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie. Night of the Living Dead is possibly one of the most famous public domain movies of all time. When the film was released, the print was missing a copyright notice. Under the laws at the time, this mean that it didn’t have copyright protection.

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Foreign Works, US Rights: The 7th Circle of Copyright Hell?

Copyright Lately

Key among them is the extent to which pre-1978 works first published abroad without proper copyright notice are still protected under U.S. copyright law. citizen who claims to be the sole surviving relative and successor-in-title to the copyright in the works created by her late grandfather C.W. Nirvana LLC.

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Smells Like Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

Relying on Twin Books Corporation v Walt Disney Company ( Twin Books ), Bundy argued, “a foreign publication of a foreign work, before January 1, 1978, without notice of United States copyright, did not put the foreign work into the public domain in the U.S.”. Copyright Act of 1909. An Age-Old Debate.

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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. So even a phrase as original as “M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your hands‚” does not have copyright protection. Trademark Registration.

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Which Types of IP (Intellectual Property) Protection Do Artists Need?

Art Law Journal

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. So even a phrase as original as “M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your hands‚” does not have copyright protection. Trademark Registration.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

SpicyIP

The suit concerned agreements dating back to 2001 between IPRS and ENIL regarding broadcasting music in certain cities. When ENIL broadcast music in cities other than the ones in the agreement, IPRS filed an infringement suit. Both suits were filed before the 2012 amendment to the Copyright Act. In Dhiraj Dewani v.

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A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Fourth, if not, can Trump circumvent the registration requirement by seeking a declaratory judgment, or will he have to comply with the registration requirement? Fifth, assuming Trump owns a valid copyright, did he grant an implied license to Woodward to publish transcripts of the interviews and/or the record­ings themselves?

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