This week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the release of a new Patent Public Search tool that provides more convenient, remote, and robust full-text searching of all U.S. patents and published patent …
Intellectual Property
Supreme Court hears Oral Argument re Copyright Status of Official State Code
On Monday, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Georgia v. Public.Resource.org regarding the copyright status of the state’s official legal code including annotations written by LexisNexis. From SCOTUSblog The problem is that the …
Free Workshop on Researching Patent & Trademark Information
On November 13th, the Madison Public Library Central Library is offering a free public workshop on Researching Patent & Trademark Information: Essential Information You Need to Protect Your Intellectual Property It looks like an excellent …
Copyright Issues for Artists Discussion & Reception
The UW Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic, in collaboration with Absolutely Art, is sponsoring a discussion on copyright issues for artists on Tuesday, June 28th, from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. The discussion will be followed …
CA District Court Invalidates "Happy Birthday" Copyright
Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower Yesterday, a U.S. District Court for the Central District of California judge ruled that the long-claimed copyright in the song, “Happy Birthday” is invalid. From the New …
Lenz v. Universal ruling: Fair Use must be considered…even with a dancing baby.
Today the Ninth Circuit Court ruled in favor of Stephanie Lenz in a Fair Use case that may have long-reaching consequences. In 2007, Lenz posted a 29 second video to Youtube of her baby …
Search for Fair Use Cases using the US Copyright office's new index
Copyright and it’s component Fair Use, are two of the stickiest and (at least for me!) most headache-inducing areas of law. There are so many shades of gray and changes that it can be difficult …
Is It Protected By Copyright?
Unsure whether a work is protected under copyright or is available in the public domain? Check out the nifty slider in which tells you the copyright status by year and whether permission is needed. The …
A Fair(y) Use Tale – Copyright Explained by an Unwitting Cast of Familiar Characters
From Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society: Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank …