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Police Photo: Public Domain or Fair Use?

Dear Rich IP Blog

There are no privacy issues - no vehicle/person/property is identifiable. Is it public domain or fair use? Public domain? Other states like Virginia, New York, and Massachusetts (called "open copyright" states) have a policy that makes state documents presumptively public domain. May I use it?

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ICANN Simplifies Requests For Hidden Domain Name Registration Data

TorrentFreak

That included those whose names appeared in public WHOIS databases as registrants or owners of domains. “Due to personal data protection laws, many ICANN-accredited registrars are now required to redact personal data from public records, which was previously available in ‘WHOIS’ databases,” ICANN explained.

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Use Frida's Paintings? (Yes!) Use Frida's Name? (Maybe)

Dear Rich IP Blog

More importantly, deceased figures cannot be defamed or have their privacy invaded (the two common basis for lawsuits involving the use of real people in fiction). Mexican copyright law placed Kahlo's works in the public domain 25 years after her death, so you don't need authorization to include a photo of her painting in your film.

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Patent Law Canons and Canards: Bonito Boats

Patently-O

For our patent law course today, the students read the Justice O’Connor unanimous opinion in Bonito Boats, Inc. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law.

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Modern monarchy and the media: Duchess of Sussex wins historic privacy case against the British tabloids

IP Whiteboard

The Duchess of Sussex) was recently granted summary judgment in a privacy claim against Associated Newspapers Limited, over the publication of extracts from a hand-written letter to her father (see HRH The Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2021] EWHC 273 (Ch) ). Background. The Duke of Sussex, a.k.a.

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The EU Wants Its Own DNS Resolver that Can Block ‘Unlawful’ Traffic

TorrentFreak

The project overview makes it clear that DNS4EU is meant to protect the privacy of end-users and keep them secure. For example, the DSN resolver is not allowed to monetize user data and has to comply with applicable privacy regulations including the GDPR. Many of the proposed DNS4EU features aim to protect EU citizens.

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IPSC Closing Plenary Session

43(B)log

Changes to IP rules on their own in our world may have little effect on whether we go towards the good vision or the bad—cloud computing, network effects that cause convergence on a small number of intermediaries, and important tech that is protected by secrecy/real and personal property law/employment agreements.