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Tag: Copyright Law

Posted on June 17, 2021 IP Overreaching

Mourning Sonny

No, not that Sonny.  No, rather this:  If America’s most famous variety-show-star-turned-congressman hadn’t slammed into that tree on that fatal day of downhill skiing, we’d... 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 17, 2021 Copyright Law

Someone dropped in an extra zero, right? RIGHT?

It’s a month-old story, and how it got past us here notwithstanding, it’s not getting past us now.  Per the ABA Journal, remember the Bratz... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Fair Use

Righthaven Agonistes

Is all this copyright jurisprudence lollipops and rainbows? Let us reflect a little on what Righthaven has wrought, so far. Wired weighs in on the... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Politics

More on the “secret copyright treaty”

Is it really that bad?  Last March I took a quick look at what some of the anti’s were saying, and focused mainly on the... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Copyright Law

A quick scan of the law regarding copyright and the public domain images

The story’s all over the Net, but here’s as good a take on it as any, from Mike Masnick at Techdirt: Derrick Coetzee, a software... Read more

Posted on June 11, 2021 Copyright Law

Copyright law is hard

But it’s hard to have sympathy for the MPAA about its being accused of infringement, since its insane shotgun appraoch to enforcement is so just... Read more

Posted on June 11, 2021 Licensing

When copyrights aren’t a federal case

Can copyright disputes ever be litigated in state court? It’s generally understood that the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over copyright claims, in contrast to... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

My favorite infringements

Boing Boing: “Copyright infringement is your best entertainment value.” I can think of others, frankly, but fine. As long as we’re calling a spade a... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Licensing

Split decision

During my traditional end-of-December goof-off here I didn’t pay adequate attention to the important non-ruling in Costco v. Omega, which involves an issue I have... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Copyright Law

Ben Stein trips over IP

Walter Olson: With all his lawyer chums from Milberg-witness days, you’d think Ben Stein could have saved the makers of his creationist movie from stumbling... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Fee Shifting

Show me the money

Copyright is happening all over the place! Now, a slight digression from the stemwinder I’m about to release here on fee shifting in copyright cases.... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Returning balance to the IP equation

My article, “Trademark, Copyright, and the Internet: Time to Return Balance to Civil Litigation” in the August 31, 2010 edition of the Federalist Society’s Engage magazine is now... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Humor

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

Newly discovered evidence [according to a court filing] “proves conclusively that Happy Birthday has been in the public domain since no later than 1922.” At... Read more

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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 social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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