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Tag: Copyright Law

Posted on May 24, 2021May 27, 2021 Copyright Law

Eminem sues Apple

Item: Eminem’s music publisher filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Apple Computer Inc. on Monday, alleging the computer giant violated copyrights by allowing unauthorized downloads of... Read more

Posted on May 24, 2021 Scans

Who owns the copyright in scans of public domain works?

I love Plan59.com. If you’re my age or a little older, almost any click on this smartly designed and comprehensive website can recreate a certain... Read more

Posted on November 17, 2020July 14, 2023 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Don’t play games!

Nolo’s Patent, Copyright, and Trademark Blog links to this story here in answering the question, “How do I create a non-infringing board game”?” Originally posted... Read more

Posted on September 25, 2020 Copyright Law

Copyright belongs to the ages

Media Wonk: No wonder they call Economics the Dismal Science. At the Internet Video Policy Symposium in Washington yesterday (co-sponsored by Content Agenda), a chorus... Read more

Posted on May 27, 2020 Copyright Law

War Is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength

And free speech is a form of negotiable intellectual property, right? Maybe I can give up the blog. There is no percentage in clever commentary... Read more

Posted on January 29, 2020 Copyright Law Internet Law

Google Books debate

It’s all Google, all the time in our world.  (I know that because I did a Google search of our world.)  So, naturally, what’s the... Read more

Matthew David Brozik
Posted on November 2, 2019 Distribution systems

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

So: Aereo, right? Kind of a big deal. You might want to read about it. Maybe we should write something about it. Let’s work backward,... Read more

Posted on November 2, 2019 Copyright Law Internet Law

Copyright for bloggers

A while back ago I prepared a plain-language article, given the title “Copyright Rules of the Road for Bloggers,” for the Copyright & New Media... Read more

Posted on November 1, 2019 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Top ten list

Okay, it’s a little late to actually attend his talk — but then again, most of LOC readers don’t really get to Iowa Idaho that... Read more

Posted on November 1, 2019 Uncategorized

Digital analysis of images and counterfeiting

Yahoo! News: Swedish start-up Polar Rose plans to make its face recognition service publicly available on the Web in the second quarter of 2008 as... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Copyright Law

Free Expression vs. Copyright in the Digital Age

Here’s a “sneak preview” that was excerpted [when this item was first posted] from a paper to be delivered at Emory University’s Conference on Free... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Fair Use

How many points is INFRINGEMENT?

We had been wondering who had the “Z.” Now the other tile drops, and probably right onto a triple word score — Hasbro, owner of... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Copyright Law

Goodbye, dolly

Pamela Chestek reports on the dizzying fallout of the Bratz litigation. Originally posted 2012-12-27 15:00:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Blogging Copyright Law

Copyright protection for blogs

Sarah Bird explains how to do it right. She explains why she thinks you would possibly want to bother here, conveniently omitting the uncomfortable fact... 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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