IPilogue

MARCH 27, 2023

Serena Nath is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. Mickey Mouse is protected as Disney’s property because it is a registered trademark.

Public Domain 105

Public Domain Copyright Law Copyright Registering Trademarks 105

IPilogue

MARCH 27, 2023

Serena Nath is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. Mickey Mouse is protected as Disney’s property because it is a registered trademark.

Public Domain 40

Public Domain Copyright Law Copyright Registering Trademarks 40

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

NAACP—these courts very clearly say that trademark law applies to commercial speech, defined as it is in First Amendment case law, and not to noncommercial speech. Some of the work is also done by the idea that trademark control extends only to the name/logo of a congregation and not to other elements of worship.

Trademark Law 72

Trademark Law Trademark Art Branding 72