The IPKat

JULY 22, 2021

The title of this book clearly sets out its premise: trademark protection has encroached into what used to be solely copyright’s domain, resulting in an undesirable over-protection of works which impoverishes the public domain and restricts others’ creative endeavours.

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Trademark Public Domain Copyright Cease and Desist 56

Velocity of Content

JUNE 8, 2022

I read it a least a dozen times – play and novel — when I was a young fellow, and again recently ( Annotated Edition ). The novel, however, was published before text of the play. Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” (1904 stage play, including occasional revisions through 1928, when the script of the play is published).

Derivative Work 105

Derivative Work Public Domain Copyright Fair Use 105

Copyright Lately

APRIL 3, 2023

The future of “controlled digital lending” is in doubt after a court rules that the Internet Archive’s online library is not protected by fair use. IA’s Open Library project includes millions of public domain books that users can download and read without restriction. It also includes 3.6

Fair Use 71

Fair Use Copying Publishing Copyright 71

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Hughes: if publisher can’t get sequel rights, then it will insist on getting the film rights and impoverish authors. Said: Framing it as “the woman question” is rhetorically tricky and still positions women as the problem—why not “the copyright question: woman edition”? Public reaction was swift and divided. public domain.

Copyright 64

Copyright Editing Settlement Music 64

43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. Monbo appeared as an actor in the 2001 and 2003 Documentaries, was interviewed in “[a]t least two” of the segments defendants used, and was not compensated for the use of his likeness.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Trademark Copyright Editing 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Two weeks ago, former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward and his publisher, Simon & Schuster (and its parent company Paramount Global, formerly known as Viacom-CBS), in U.S. The audiobook is also published on CD, and transcripts were published in paperback and ebook formats.)

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Copyright Blogging Publishing Fair Use 121

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

Government by its officers and employees should not be subject to copyright” and fall “in the public domain.” ” US Const., “The basic premise of [S]ection 105.[is] is] that works produced for the U.S. ” H.R. 94-1476 at 58 (1976); see also Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 140 S. ” Id.

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Ownership Copyright Government Intellectual Property 52