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Category: Buildings and IP

Posted on April 11, 2022 Buildings and IP

Eiffel Tower “copyright”: I didn’t

Demain Anne Hidalgo est sur la Tour pour goûter au vertige du vide! La tour dans ses nvx atours…. pic.twitter.com/DU39LzGThR — pierre eric spitz (@sprichtt)... Read more

Posted on March 22, 2022 Buildings and IP

The Sound of silence

Michael Atkins is beside himself with intellectual-property-enforcement frustration about the use of an image of the Seattle Space Needle — a tall pointy building what... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Buildings and IP

Manchester Cathedral, you’re driving me crazy

Originally posted 2007-06-14 11:42:55. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Manchester Cathedral, Winchester Cathedral — same thing. We’ve written in the past — well, not us,... Read more

Posted on June 11, 2021 Buildings and IP

Best of 2006: Trademark City

The Strategic Name Development blog reports that the naming rights to the New York Mets’ new baseball stadium have been sold to Citigroup. The stadium... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Buildings and IP

Edifice of absurdity

Via Boing Boing — ArchitectureChicago reports that the Marina City Towers condominium association is claiming “common law copyright” on the landmark Chicago buildings’ “name or... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Buildings and IP

No copyright in the fact of your existence

Whether someone else’s movie includes your building in Times Square (a properly defunct trademark claim) or, as Marty Schwimmer reports, your pinball machine in the... Read more

Posted on April 23, 2020 Buildings and IP

Best of 2014: Eiffel Tower “copyright”: I didn’t

First posted November 17, 2014. Demain Anne Hidalgo est sur la Tour pour goûter au vertige du vide! La tour dans ses nvx atours…. pic.twitter.com/DU39LzGThR... Read more

Posted on January 26, 2018 Buildings and IP

The Empire strikes back (Best of 2016)

First posted July 5, 2016. Via the Duets Blog, a trademark resolution that has been building for far too long: It is not easy to... Read more

Posted on July 7, 2017March 9, 2020 Buildings and IP

WORLD TRADE CENTER naming rights and municipal IP policy – What rights?

The big story today, as One World Trade Center nears completion, is about “rights” to the World Trade Center name, according to the Bergen County,... Read more

Posted on July 5, 2016December 18, 2016 Buildings and IP

The Empire strikes back

Via the Duets Blog, a trademark resolution that has been building for far too long: It is not easy to establish fame for purposes of... Read more

Posted on December 31, 2015January 13, 2016 Buildings and IP

Best of 2013: WORLD TRADE CENTER naming rights and municipal IP policy – What rights?

“Best of” posts will continue until next week.  This was originally posted on September 9, 2013. The big story today, as One World Trade Center... Read more

Posted on November 10, 2015 Buildings and IP

Copyright’s absolute liability?

Michael Ratoza of U.S. IP LAW reports (via @BeelJDPhD) on a case that issues a somewhat stunning ruling for those of us, such as LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®,... Read more

Posted on August 20, 2015November 16, 2015 Buildings and IP

It’s not all in the details

Originally posted 2012-08-17 10:14:15. Republished by Blog Post Promoter How detailed do architectural drawings have to be to qualify for copyright protection?  Not all that... Read more

Posted on August 17, 2010August 20, 2015 Buildings and IP

Trademarks mean something different up there, I guess

Can a building be a trademark? Can a photo of a building be a trademark? Can a drawing based on a photo of a building... Read more

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