Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

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.

Public Domain 96

Public Domain Copyright Cease and Desist Publishing 96

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A company can use a unique typeface to convey pretty much anything on any of its products, its advertising, its website, and any other place a company would publicly use the written word. Throw the book at them, Mr. Gutenberg! Why would a company want to design a unique typeface?

Design Patent 52

Design Patent Designs Design Patent 52

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Did a book on © and one on TM and sold out of the TM book in an hour at a quilt industry show. Problems: JELLY ROLL is registered for fabric, but the public uses it generically to describe strips from a fabric line rolled into a roll. Says you can’t write a book w/o her permission. What to do next?

Trademark Law 72

Trademark Law Trademark Art Brands 72

43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2022

Sunder’s book does extensively.] Skepticism: good for parties, but systemic effect has third party costs to the public—extralegally erodes spaces that law preserves for public use, like facts being in the public domain. Payoffs: Facts as part of larger public domain that needs to grow and not shrink.

IP 72

IP Public Domain Music Copyright 72

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

Trump Woodward’s publication, The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump, an audio-book also released in print. Government by its officers and employees should not be subject to copyright” and fall “in the public domain.” ” US Const.,

Ownership 52

Ownership Copyright Government Intellectual Property 52