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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

Costumes are considered “useful articles” and, similar to most of the fashion industry , does not qualify for any kind of copyright protection. . First, design elements that are “physically or conceptually separate” from the article can be protected. They are part fashion, part artwork, part branding and part character.

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Role of Intellectual Property in Entertainment Industry

IIPRD

This article will discuss the rules about intellectual property that control the media and entertainment industry, as well as the importance of protecting IP and its various applications in these fields. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

If I had to guess, I would estimate that at least half of the people reading this article don’t know why those two statements are wrong. Your Copy-Rights. Utility patents are issued for “any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof” (35 U.S.C.

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Which Types of IP (Intellectual Property) Protection Do Artists Need?

Art Law Journal

If I had to guess, I would estimate that at least half of the people reading this article don’t know why those two statements are wrong. Your Copy-Rights. Utility patents are issued for “any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof” (35 U.S.C.

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Supreme Court Finds Warhol’s Commercial Licensing of “Orange Prince” to Vanity Fair Is Not Fair Use and Infringes Goldsmith’s Famed Rock Photo

Intellectual Property Law Blog

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]

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Supreme Court Finds Warhol’s Commercial Licensing of “Orange Prince” to Vanity Fair Is Not Fair Use and Infringes Goldsmith’s Famed Rock Photo

LexBlog IP

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]

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Supreme Court Finds Warhol’s Commercial Licensing of “Orange Prince” to Vanity Fair Is Not Fair Use and Infringes Goldsmith’s Famed Rock Photo

LexBlog IP

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]