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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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Trademark Abandonment: Causes and Consequences

IP and Legal Filings

Trademark abandonment is defined as a situation wherein the owner of a trademark rights loses such rights due to non-use of such trademark or failure to renew it or for other legal grounds. 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.