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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

Also, many have design errors due to their age. How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie : The second in the Creepy Copyright Mondays series was an explainer on how Night of the Living Dead , one of the most iconic zombie films, fell into the public domain. I’m working to fix those, but it will take time.

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Analysing Amazon’s Strategic Approach to Tackle Patent Infringement

IIPRD

Patent are valid for the duration of 20 years before coming into public domain) Patent infringement can occur in two ways. Williams-Sonoma commented that Amazon’s own product line “Rivet” has infringed patents of furniture designs. [3] Amazon, 2015 U.S. Amazon.com, 2015 U.S. LEXIS 90004 & 2015 U.S.

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Graffiti and Street Artists Sue for Copyright Infringement

Greenspoon Marder LLP

A well-known street artist known as Rime has filed lawsuits against prominent designers Vince Camuto and Moschino, both which ended in settlements. Rime’s dispute with Vince Camuto centered around the designer’s use of four different murals in an ad campaign.

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Geographic Awake: Bridging Gaps in Geographical Indication Awareness Across India

IP and Legal Filings

An indication becomes generic when it returns to the public domain and is no longer protected in its country of origin or has ceased to be used there. In January 2015, the EU progressively relaxed the embargo. But the actual situation on the ground is far from accomplishing this goal.

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WIPIP Session 8 (copyright)

43(B)log

President Ford couldn’t prevent others from copying bare historical facts. Karp agrees that (c) is not like land, which preexisted the public domain and was acquired and distributed by gov’t. (c) By 2015, almost all rejections are visual arts. Uses them to show what’s not protectable—no author may © ideas or facts.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.

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Maybe Duct Tape Can’t Fix Everything: Slippery Standards As Copyright Goes Bananas

LexBlog IP

For a court, that process means “’dissect[ing] the allegedly copied [work’s] structure and isolate each level of abstraction contained within it.’” .’” Id. at 9 ( quoting Compulife Software Inc. Newman , 959 F.3d 3d 1288 , 1303 (11th Cir. ’” Id. at 10 ( quoting Computer Assocs. Altai, Inc.,