article thumbnail

Public Domain Day 2024 is Coming: Here’s What to Know

Copyright Lately

Oh Mickey, you’re so fine—but you’re not alone: An avalanche of copyrighted works will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. public domain on January 1, 2024—and that’s a shame. public domain for failure to comply with the various formalities (e.g., copyright terms.

article thumbnail

Can I Get an ISBN for Public Domain Book?

Dear Rich IP Blog

We were wondering if we can republish the original design of the book (along with the French Title page/picture cover) for the 125th anniversary of the book. Public domain. The French and English books were published before 1926 and are in the public domain and you are free to reproduce everything from those two versions.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Book Review: Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature

The IPKat

As a plant intellectual property nerd , this Kat was delighted to get her hands on the new book Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature (Oxford University Press, 2023), edited by Jose Bellido and Brad Sherman. The other two chapters turn to the conceptualisation of nature in patent law.

article thumbnail

EUIPO BoA IP Case Law Conference Report #5 : “Copyright in flux: What does the future have in store?”

The IPKat

Surprisingly, for those who read Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Edited by Neil Wilkof, Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli), even though Prof. Anastasiia Kyrylenko, our GuestKat, exploring the case of subsequent overlap between trademark and copyright protection and its implications for the public domain.

article thumbnail

What Is (and Isn’t) Protected by Copyright?

Velocity of Content

paintings, drawings, carvings, photographs, clothing designs, textiles) Architectural works (e.g., paintings, drawings, carvings, photographs, clothing designs, textiles) Architectural works (e.g., paintings, drawings, carvings, photographs, clothing designs, textiles) Architectural works (e.g., Here is a breakdown of where U.S.

article thumbnail

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

Copyright Lately

Nineties grunge-rock band Nirvana, already embroiled in a long-running legal battle against fashion company Marc Jacobs over its “happy face” t-shirt designs , now finds itself on the less happy end of a new copyright infringement lawsuit worthy of Dante’s trip through the underworld. Welcome to the Seventh Circle of Hell.

article thumbnail

False Patent Marking as False Advertising: Overcoming Dastar

Patently-O

This case began back in 2006 when Crocs sued Double Diamond and others for patent infringement of Crocs’s design patents. Therefore, Dastar ‘s unaccredited copying did not constitute a false designation of origin actionable under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions. ” Dawgs brief.