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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. Disney will likely be able to continually show an association with Mickey Mouse.
The IPKat
JANUARY 30, 2024
On 1st January every year we celebrate the array of works entering the public domain, as their copyright term expires. This year, entering the public domain [generally speaking] are copyright protected works created by people who died in 1953, for countries with a copyright term of life plus 70 years (e.g.,
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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. The post Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024 appeared first on IPOsgoode.
The TTABlog
MARCH 2, 2022
Barrie's Peter Pan , first staged in 1904, and so the parties were in agreement that under copyright law, both the name and the character are in the public domain. It has used TINKER BELL as a trademark for dolls since 2007 and registered the mark in 2009 without a Section 2(f) acquired distinctiveness claim.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
APRIL 18, 2024
After a failed attempt to create a negotiating draft on these terms, the 2007 GA authorized progress to a Diplomatic Conference on the treaty “only after agreement on objectives, specific scope and object of protection has been achieved.” But indisputably it does not mean unanimity. 5- National Treatment Paragraph 5.2
Copyright Lately
OCTOBER 25, 2021
In 2007, Peter Gallagher (an author, not the dad on “The O.C.”) ” “The Little White Trip” (2007). Harvey wasn’t saved by the fact that later issues of “Casper” remained subject to copyright. The 13 spookiest, Halloweeniest copyright cases that I could think of.
The IPKat
MARCH 7, 2022
[T]here is a compelling reason why the name or title of a book cannot be a trademark, which stems from copyright law. Unlike a copyright that has a limited term, a trademark can endure for as long as the trademark is used. Given this relationship, use of the book title in certain circumstances can create misleading expectations.
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