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Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024

IPilogue

Serena Nath is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. Mickey Mouse is protected as Disney’s property because it is a registered trademark.

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Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024

IPilogue

Serena Nath is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. Mickey Mouse is protected as Disney’s property because it is a registered trademark.

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IP as a political instrument in Russia

The IPKat

In the spring and summer of 2022, following the international sanctions imposed upon Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, Russia introduced several landmark changes to its IP law, most notably to patent, trademark and copyright laws. For this reason, the Peppa Pig decision cannot serve as a judicial precedent.

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Dilution of Fictional Characters: A Remedy to Trademark Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction In the conventional sense, trademark law requires the mark to essentially be a word or a logo. However, there have been significant advancements in the interpretations of trademark law over the years, with one such advancement being protection of fictional characters under trademark law.

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Book Review: Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature

The IPKat

The other two chapters turn to the conceptualisation of nature in patent law. The chapter explores how American nurserymen and seed houses turned to branding strategy and federal trademark law to restrain the circulation of stolen plants and prevent "humbuggers" from taking advantage of their reputations.

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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

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. Unlike trademark law, copyright is not a “use it or lose it” proposition. Even better, it’s in the public domain.

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