When a vampire not called Dracula bested the copyright system, and what it tells us about derivative works
The IPKat
APRIL 8, 2022
Some also refer to claimed structural similarities with the novel by Wilkie Collins , The Woman in White. However, there was no longer copyright protection of the book in the U.S. due to a defect in the copyright notice (this was a material issue under the 1909 copyright law then in effect in the US).
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