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Disney’s Limiting of the Public Domain

Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property Journal Blog

Disney’s Limiting of the Public Domain Sydney Fenton | April 6th, 2022 Creation of Copyright and the Public Domain On May 31, 1790, the first copyright law was enacted under the new United States Constitution, modeled after Britain’s Statute of Anne.[1]

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The Basics of Open Access

Plagiarism Today

This access includes individuals or institutions subscribing to the journal or people paying for access to individual articles. For researchers, this means submitting an article to a journal and, if it’s accepted, the journal pays for it to be peer reviewed and then for it to be published. Some Terms to Know.

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Oh Dear, Piglet, They Kept My Shirt!

IPilogue

Nikita Munjal is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, a Student Editor with the Intellectual Property Journal, and a third-year JD/MBA Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . While many were observing the new year, intellectual property scholars and the artistic community were celebrating Public Domain Day. public domain.

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How Can Museums Copyright the Works of Old Masters?

Art Law Journal

If an artwork is in the public domain, free from copyright protection, then how can a museum claim it holds the copyright? appeared first on Art Business Journal. The post How Can Museums Copyright the Works of Old Masters?

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The Importance of Transparency in Research Integrity

Plagiarism Today

Earlier this week, the journal BMC Medicine announced that it will not retract a controversial 2013 paper authored by botanist Steven Newmaster. Instead, the journal has added a new editor’s note that says indicates “no further editorial action is needed at this point”. . It was then that a formal investigation began.

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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Four: The Disappearance of Course Packs

Michael Geist

This decreased reliance and, in some cases, total abandonment of traditional copying is shown in examples from several universities across the country: Mount Saint Vincent University has not sold print course packs for the last 10+ years, except for occasional material that is in the public domain. between 2002 and 2021.

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Understanding Freedom to Operate (FTO) Concerning IP & Patents

Kashishipr

It implies that while a specific technology may be protected in the main markets of a company, it may lie in the public domain in some other countries. In most countries, they typically last for a maximum of 20 years, after which they lie in the public domain and can be freely used by anyone. Bottom Line.

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