IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

You may have heard that on January 1, 2022, Winnie-the-Pooh and the other characters from the Hundred Acre Wood are now in the public domain. But did you know that not all of Christopher Robin’s friends are treated the same in the eyes of copyright law? The characters have multiple authors, including A.A.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Image via Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Public Domain Mark 1.0 For more than seven decades, international law has consistently led countries to embrace culture as a global and cross-border value for humanity.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Also, is Rudolph public domain? The Rankin/Bass holiday specials are a Christmas tradition. So who owns the copyright to these works? The post Copyright and the Rankin/Bass Christmas Specials appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Source: Screenshot of Night of the Living Dead (1968) opening credit / Public Domain. Natalie Bravo is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . . The film curiously entered the public domain due to a slight error, allowing widespread accessibility and reproduction. Imagine that!

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IPilogue

JULY 15, 2022

Andrew Masson is an IPilogue Writer and 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . The IPilogue previously published about Winnie the Pooh entering the public domain when Ryan Reynolds created a fun viral commercial featuring the iconic original 1926 Winnie the Pooh. Purpose of Public Domain.

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IPilogue

MARCH 27, 2023

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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Dear Rich IP Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Is it public domain or fair use? Public domain? Other states like Virginia, New York, and Massachusetts (called "open copyright" states) have a policy that makes state documents presumptively public domain. BTW, photos by federal law enforcement are public domain. May I use it?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

We have recently published a white paper , authored by Julia Reda ( Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte ) and Paul Keller ( Open Future ) that proposes to build a public repository of Public Domain and openly licensed works. by Tito Rendas. € by Martin Senftleben. €

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2023

Next up today, Mia Robson at The Canadian Press reports that, in Canada, a new copyright law has taken effect that will extend the copyright on works in Canada another 20 years, bring the country up to the same term used by the United States. Under the new terms, no new works will enter the public domain in Canada for 20 years.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Night of the Living Dead is possibly one of the most famous public domain movies of all time. Under the laws at the time, this mean that it didn’t have copyright protection. However, at least one copy made it to the United States, where the original book was already in public domain.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

The Court applies Italian law cross-border to the unitary set of conducts, based on an economic-functional link among all company divisions, indicating as the main criterion of connection with Italian jurisdiction the forum damni ex Article 20 of the Italian code of civil procedure (c.p.c.), 15 B.C.).

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 8, 2022

Just Because it’s Published Doesn’t Mean it’s in the Public Domain - Some people think that if something is on the Internet, it’s in the public domain and is fair game to be copied. Giving the public access to an article, photo, music, video, or other art doesn’t put it in the public domain.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Newly discovered evidence [according to a court filing] “proves conclusively that Happy Birthday has been in the public domain since no later than 1922.” The post Where Were You When “Happy Birthday to You” Was Found to Be in the Public Domain? ” At stake is the more than.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2024

On 1st January every year we celebrate the array of works entering the public domain, as their copyright term expires. This year, entering the public domain [generally speaking] are copyright protected works created by people who died in 1953, for countries with a copyright term of life plus 70 years (e.g.,

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

Finally today, The Associated Press reports that, with the new year, several prominent works are lapsing into the public domain including the Ernest Hemingway novel The Sun Also Rises and A.A. Copyright Law, works lapse into the public domain on January First of the year their copyright expires.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 12, 2022

As a result, there will be a two decade moratorium on new works entering the public domain, creating an enormous impact on access to Canadian culture and history for a generation. With the copyright term extension in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s Budget 2022, the works are locked out of the public domain for a generation.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

The Tribunale di Firenze applied the Italian law: art. 107-108 of the Legislative Decree 42/2004 , Cultural Heritage Code “Codice dei Beni Culturali” (the public law on the regulation of cultural heritage) and, by analogy, art. In particular, under EU law the Italian public cultural property seems to be inconsistent with art.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

One of the more confusing areas of copyright law in the United States is how it impacts states. Under the current law, all copyright matters are federal. 5: The Public Domain Expands. Finally, with the new year comes new works that lapse into the public domain. 3: Copyright and the Takings Clause.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Along the way, we discussed why a knockoff Beetlejuice costume is titled “Juice Demon”, the ways that intellectual property laws govern Halloween costumes and the ways one could find themselves in trouble. It’s an interesting look at how a public domain source and a modern interpretation can clash.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 9, 2024

On January 1, 2024, the copyrighted 1928 motion picture “Steamboat Willie,” featuring one of the earlier-versions of Mickey Mouse, became public domain.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Because copyright protection has a set term, copyrights in certain works necessarily expire each year and enter the public domain. Once a work has entered the public domain, it no longer retains. This means that the owner has the exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, publish, perform, and display the work.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 20, 2025

Some works enter the public domain the moment they are created, such as the AI-generated images below. Others take their sweet time, so when they finally do arrive, its cause for celebration. By: Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

How do you tell if materials are public domain or fit under fair use? law, a copyright owner does not need to include a copyright notice on published works, nor does the owner need to post notices barring the use of the work. How do you tell if materials are public domain or fit under fair use?

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Creative Law Center

MARCH 22, 2021

To use song lyrics in your fiction, you need to: (1) Use a song in the public domain; (2) Get permission; (3) Establish fair use ; or (4) Not do it. The post How to Use Song Lyrics in Your Fiction [INFOGRAPHIC] appeared first on Creative Law Center.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In today’s world, copyright laws are essential for protecting creative works like books. Public Domain Books Once copyright expires, a book enters the public domain, allowing unrestricted use. Public domain books are valuable for businesses since they can be used freely, republished, or modified.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

These comments and references were already known to the plaintiffs, but now enter the public domain. copyright law. .” In addition, there was an internal discussion about not using Facebook infrastructure to torrent, to avoid[] risk of tracing back the seeder/downloader to Meta servers.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

Rahul Dhawan, her lawyer, argued that the disputed clip was part of Nayanthara’s ‘Personal Liberty’ as it was shot on her device and was already circulating in the public domain. The defense concluded that the case was without merits, thus not violating copyright laws. Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd.,

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It also shines a spotlight on the public domain, and the inescapable fact that, as time passes, the owners of rights afforded to deceased artists and authors, and even living inventors, cannot prevent the commercialization of elapsed IP.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 22, 2024

Music lawyer Tamera Bennett and TV lawyer Gordon Firemark discuss: The impact of Mickey Mouse (or some versions) going public domain on January 1, 2024. By: Entertainment Law Update Podcast Microsoft Corp., 1:23-cv-11195 (S.D.N.Y. 27, 2023); and the No AI Fraud ACT bill is introduced in the House. Microsoft Corp., The Nirvana.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

Saregama India Ltd & Anr deliberated upon the intersection of copyright infringement and confidentiality law and held that ideas cannot be copyrighted but can be protected through the application of confidentiality law. The requirement in confidentiality law is the novelty of information. Background.

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IPilogue

JULY 27, 2022

Sally Yoon is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. According to an interesting study on “ The effect of copyright term length on South African book markets ,” a book entering the public domain generates 26.5 The concerns are loud and clear.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

First off today, Gene Maddaus at Variety reports that Senator Josh Hawley has introduced a bill that aims to drastically rewrite copyright law in the United States, rolling back the term of copyright to just 28 years with the option for renewal for another 28. According to Sen.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

Copyright Office, which is part of the federal government, the work itself is in the public domain. copyright law and, through its notice and takedown regime, is one of the most common ways individuals interact with the law. Best of all, since it was produced by the U.S. Copyright Office.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 18, 2025

Emulation, ROMs and Legal Friction While emulators like MAME are legal, gaming code dumped from arcade machines, 8bit computer disks, or the cartridges of veteran consoles, find friction in the presence of copyright law. The researchers conclude their study (available here ) with recommendations to guide future law and policy.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 15, 2024

Original works of art are protected by copyright until they come into the public domain. This entry in the public domain makes the rights expire in some way, and they become assets freely available for use by the public at large, although the author’s moral paternity and integrity rights have to be respected at all times.

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Art Law Journal

JULY 15, 2021

If an artwork is in the public domain, free from copyright protection, then how can a museum claim it holds the copyright? Steve Schlackman.

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