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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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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

And that, in turn, further restricts what should be in the public domain and gives companies power to create property rights where none are otherwise granted in the law. 2022) (hereinafter “hiQ 2022 district opinion) (defining “scraping” as “a process of extracting information from a website using automated means”). 4 (9th Cir.

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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

The IP Law Blog

An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain. In the US, privacy laws are generally driven by state law, but there may be applicable federal law depending on the nature of the information collected.

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

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

And to characterize zero-click online terms of use that are imposed by cease-and-desist letter as enforceable contracts is horrible policy and bad law. The whole point of copyright preemption is that Congress sought to prevent states from infringing on the public domain and undermining key concepts of copyright law.

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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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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. For now, suffice it to say that Barlow & Bear haven’t exactly dedicated their musical to the public domain. Even better, it’s in the public domain. ” Ok, But What If I Wrapped This Up Already?

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Trademark Abandonment: Causes and Consequences

IP and Legal Filings

trademark abandonment is defined by the Lanham Act as a ceasing to use a mark in commerce coupled with an absence of intention to resume use. Once a trademark is considered abandoned, it enters into the public domain, and anyone else can lay claim to it. In the U.S., A presumption of abandonment: Generally in the U.S.,