2003 Copyright Law Public Domain 
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. As a result, the Mickey Mouse copyright was then set to expire at the end of 2003.
IP and Legal Filings
MARCH 10, 2023
, “Does the author of any such work loses every right in terms of Copyright after the expiration of the time period mentioned under Section(s) 22, 26 and 27 and have no recourse to the same since the works are in public domain thereafter?”. The works will enter the public domain ultimately.
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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. As a result, the Mickey Mouse copyright was then set to expire at the end of 2003.
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
In the spring and summer of 2022, following the international sanctions imposed upon Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, Russia introduced several landmark changes to its IP law, most notably to patent, trademark and copyright laws. These provisions were further transferred into the Civil Code in 2006. International license.
The IP Law Blog
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Johannsongs-Publishing claimed that You Raise Me Up, which was written by Rolf Lovland and Brendan Graham and released in 2001 by Secret Garden and later by Josh Groban in 2003 infringed on its rights in Soknodur. Johannsongs-Publishing claimed that it owned the rights to a 1977 song, Soknodur, except as to the rights for that song’s lyrics.
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
6] The Supreme Court’s ruling on that petition—and a possible eventual decision on the merits—could have enormous implications for the art world and other industries impacted by copyright law. 3] You Really Got Me: Second Circuit Rules in Favor of Met Museum in Fair Use Case Involving Photograph of Van Halen | HHR Art Law. [4]
43(B)log
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. So too with plaintiffs’ 2003 Documentary. Plaintiffs claimed infringement, including “the character Pug, clips, the title card, concepts, feel, mood, theme, and approach.”
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