The IPKat

JULY 17, 2024

Is the national anthem in the public domain? Additionally, if the anthem is in the public domain, it can be freely used without legal constraints. At any rate, if “His Majesty”/the then new Nigerian government was deemed the owner of work in 1959, it would have entered the public domain in 2009—i.e.,

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Copyright Public Domain Government Ownership 121

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.

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Public Domain Design Designs Registration 72

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. It’s not that half of federal judges have adopted one clear stance on copyright preemption of contracts and the other half have adopted another clear stance. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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Blogging Copyright Contracts Cease and Desist 98

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

For instance, in accordance with this doctrine, the author would be entitled to copyright protection if someone collected different poems that were previously in the public domain and produced in a single document. With the information in the public domain, the Rural Telephone Service issued a phone book. 4] 499 U.S.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

After applying for a trade mark called ‘Fauré Le Page’ in 1989, Saillard sold this trade mark to Fauré Le Page Paris in 2009. Through this post you can have a better understanding of reproduction under copyright and related rights , quotation and pastiche , artists’ contracts and internet piracy as well as the Creation Records case.

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Personality Rights IP Art Copyright 59

SpicyIP

MAY 15, 2023

Other Posts World of Possibilities: Single Judge Bench of Delhi High Court Allows Use of Celebrity Information Available in Public Domain Delhi High Court specifies some contours of publicity rights in India! The defendants applied for registration of their mark on 13th April 2009.

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Trademark Registration Cease and Desist IP 104