Schadenfreude hits a new high
Ron ColemanYou are now reading the only sentence I’m writing in this, the first-ever “no comment,” utterly self-explanatory (besides these introductory words) post on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® — via a site…
Where Were You When “Happy Birthday to You” Was Found to Be in the Public Domain?
Matthew David BrozikNewly discovered evidence “proves conclusively that Happy Birthday has been in the public domain since no later than 1922.” At stake is the more than $5,000 per day—or $2 million…
The Future of “Happy Birthday” Might Be a Present to Us All, Because of Its Past.
As a rule—specifically Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 8(a)(2)—a pleading that states a claim for relief must contain… a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the…
The fairest one of all?
Last week we were talking about the issue of copyright morphing into trademark. Well, how about public domain morphing into copyright, and then trademark? Well, garsh, kids, call me Goofy…