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Category: Public Domain

Best of 2006: Who owns the copyright in scans of public domain works?

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2015-01-19 11:30:23. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted on May 7, 2006. I love Plan59.com. If you’re my age or a little older, […]

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Who Owns First?

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Matthew David Brozik

Is the beloved routine in the public domain? Say it with me: “I don’t know. Third base.”

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Now you can go Holmes again!

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2014-01-03 09:48:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter“Knock, knock.”  “Who’s there?”   “Watson.”    “Watson who?”     “Not much. But there is this […]

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“Happy Birthday”: Second verse, same as the first.

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Matthew David Brozik

While I wasn’t looking, the lead plaintiff in the class action to have the song “Happy Birthday to You” declared to be in the public […]

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Pyramid scheme

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Ron Coleman

Overlawyered reports: Egypt wants to copyright pyramids, Sphinx  Under the proposed law, backed by Supreme Council of Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, persons around the world […]

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The Title, the Blog and the Blogger

The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet) and legal issues related to blogging. That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

ron-coleman-lawyerAs for me, I'm Ron Coleman, a commercial litigator with a special interest in copyright and trademark law at Mandelbaum Salsburg, PC. I was also the lead lawyer for The Slants, The Band Who Must Not be Named.

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