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Their Copyrights Expired. The Legal Threats Keep Coming.

Copyright Lately

Public domain works are freeunless misinformation and aggressive claims deter the public from freely using them. public domain 95 years after their initial publication by Belgian artist Herg. January 27, 2025 email from Tintinimaginatio to Duke Law’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain.

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How plausible may be a conference on IP (and regulatory) exclusivity? Sufficiently

The IPKat

a wise cat that care about environment kindly provided in CC0 Public Domain license by Pixhere.com) Having to make a selection among the many topics covered, this GuestKat finds it interesting to note that during the conference the EPO case G2/21 on 'plausibility', was repeatedly discussed from different angles.

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Illiquidx v Altana: Breach of confidence claim succeeds but directors get away

The IPKat

In a recent decision of the UK High Court ( Illiquidx Ltd v Altana Wealth Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 299 (Ch) ) , a claim for breach of confidence has succeeded, while claims for copyright infringement and liability of two directors have failed. This does raise the question of in what circumstances the court would have found such knowledge.