Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

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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Copyright Lately

APRIL 30, 2021

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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Dear Rich IP Blog

AUGUST 27, 2023

You don't need permission for designs produced before 1928 as they are in the public domain. You likely don't need permission for designs produced before 1963 because they would have to have their registrations renewed (and very few were). In 2015, the Copyright Office analyzed t he orphan works dilemma.)

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

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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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

My understanding is that all publicity photos taken back in the 1920s and 1930s were never copyrighted, therefore, in the public domain, especially if the photographer is unidentified. The application seemed doomed in February 2019, when the USPTO trademark examiner issued a final office action (FOA) denying registration.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

So even a phrase as original as “M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your hands‚” does not have copyright protection. Although copyright registration is not required, there are several benefits to doing so. To see more on the benefits of copyright registration, see Stop, Thief! Trademark Registration.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

So even a phrase as original as “M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your hands‚” does not have copyright protection. Although copyright registration is not required, there are several benefits to doing so. To see more on the benefits of copyright registration, see Stop, Thief! Trademark Registration.

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