Copyright Law | LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™

War Is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-11-26 12:58:03. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAnd free speech is a form of negotiable intellectual property, right? Maybe I can give up the […]

Google Books debate

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-12-05 10:40:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter It’s all Google, all the time in our world. (I know that because I did a […]

Edifice of absurdity

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-07-29 22:57:02. Republished by Blog Post PromoterVia Boing Boing — ArchitectureChicago reports that the Marina City Towers condominium association is claiming “common law […]

Buildings and IP

Can you ring the unrung bell? (Updated)

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-05-26 12:48:32. Republished by Blog Post PromoterLIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® has recently run up against the following issue in litigation and welcomes views from […]

Where Were You When “Happy Birthday to You” Was Found to Be in the Public Domain?

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2015-08-13 21:27:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Newly discovered evidence [according to a court filing] “proves conclusively that Happy Birthday has been in […]

Humor

Aereo (Part One): Angry Like (a) Fox

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Matthew David Brozik

Originally posted 2013-04-10 14:38:11. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSo: Aereo, right? Kind of a big deal. You might want to read about it. Maybe we […]

Distribution systems

Copyright for bloggers

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-02-02 13:32:38. Republished by Blog Post PromoterA while back ago I prepared a plain-language article, given the title “Copyright Rules of the Road […]

Digital analysis of images and counterfeiting

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2009-10-08 00:05:07. Republished by Blog Post PromoterYahoo! News: Swedish start-up Polar Rose plans to make its face recognition service publicly available on the […]

Uncategorized

Don’t play games!

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-05-09 14:32:27. Republished by Blog Post PromoterNolo’s Patent, Copyright, and Trademark Blog links to this story here in answering the question, “How do […]

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Free Expression vs. Copyright in the Digital Age

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-02-24 23:56:50. Republished by Blog Post PromoterHere’s a “sneak preview” that was excerpted [when this item was first posted] from a paper to […]

How many points is INFRINGEMENT?

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-05-01 17:49:30. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWe had been wondering who had the “Z.” Now the other tile drops, and probably right onto […]

Fair Use

My favorite infringements

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-10-18 10:28:04. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBoing Boing: “Copyright infringement is your best entertainment value.” I can think of others, frankly, but fine. […]

Counterfeiting & Piracy