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Guest Book Review: The Copyright/Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection is Stifling Cultural Creativity

The IPKat

Katfriend Dr Sabine Jacques , Associate Professor in IP, IT & Media law at the University of East Anglia and author of The Parody Exception in Copyright Law (OUP 2019), provides the follow review of The Copyright/Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection is Stifling Cultural Creativity – by Martin Senftleben.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

At the district court level, the law of copyright preemption is a morass of ad hoc explanations of whether certain contracts are “equivalent” to the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright law. Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws.

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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

The IP Law Blog

When looking into company assets protectable under federal copyright laws, one should check the company’s website, marketing materials, manuals, YouTube videos, podcasts, posted content on Instagram, TikTok, and the like, photos, software, blog posts, articles, white papers, etc.

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

Netflix could have sent Barlow & Bear a cease and desist letter hand-delivered by Regé-Jean Page. Frankly, if Barlow & Bear’s work doesn’t infringe Netflix’s exclusive right to create derivative works under copyright law, I’m not sure what would. Even better, it’s in the public domain.

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Georgia On Our Minds: Annotations Authored by Legislators Not Eligible for Copyright Protection

Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

(“PRO”), a nonprofit organization dedicated to facilitating public access to government records and legal materials, posted the OCGA online and distributed copies to various organizations and Georgia officials. After several cease-and-desist demands, the Commission filed suit against PRO for infringing its copyright in the annotations.

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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

LexBlog IP

When looking into company assets protectable under federal copyright laws, one should check the company’s website, marketing materials, manuals, YouTube videos, podcasts, posted content on Instagram, TikTok, and the like, photos, software, blog posts, articles, white papers, etc.

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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.