https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/05/bootlegs-continued.html?showComment=1116815040000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Bootlegs Continued
Thanks for the many fine comments on yesterday's blog. I will use this posting to reply to them (as some requested). I have, however, an unr...
copyright blogpatrybootlegscontinued
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/08/6th-circuits-likelihood-of-confusion.html?showComment=1186507620000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The 6th Circuit's Likelihood of Confusion
Yesterday's posting was on a 9 th circuit case that used a trademark analysis to dismiss a copyright claim. The 6 th circuit recently did...
copyright blogpatrycircuitlikelihoodconfusion
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/12/statute-of-limitations-for-actions.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Statute of Limitations for Actions between Co-Owners
The First Circuit has struggled for years with a case involving the well-known Hummel figurines, drawings of which were created by Sister B...
statute of limitationscopyright blog
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/05/is-there-hole-in-first-sale-doctrine.html?showComment=1117524540000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Is There a Hole in the First Sale Doctrine?
Section 109 of the Copyright Act contains what is commonly called in the United States the "first sale doctrine": if you own a lawfully mad...
copyright blog
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/09/furniture-and-unpublished-opinions.html?showComment=1157922900000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Furniture and Unpublished Opinions
In April, the Supreme Court blessedly adopted a rule change permitting the citation of unpublished opinions, effective December 1st. Here is...
copyright blogpatryfurnitureunpublishedopinions
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/05/is-there-hole-in-first-sale-doctrine.html?showComment=1117923240000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Is There a Hole in the First Sale Doctrine?
Section 109 of the Copyright Act contains what is commonly called in the United States the "first sale doctrine": if you own a lawfully mad...
copyright blog
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/11/
The Patry Copyright Blog: November 2008
copyright blogpatrynovember
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/04/
The Patry Copyright Blog: April 2006
copyright blogpatryapril
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/02/on-road-again.html?showComment=1139347500000
The Patry Copyright Blog: On the Road Again
The continuing, ancient struggle between ownership of the physical object and ownership of the copyright in a work of authorship embodied th...
copyright blogon roadpatry
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/04/draft-criminal-bill-davinci-code.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Draft Criminal Bill; DaVinci Code
The House of Representatives' IP subcommittee has circulated a draft bill, initiated, I believe with the DOJ to increase, yet again, the pen...
copyright blogpatrydraftcriminalbill
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-nigeria-can-teach-oregon.html?showComment=1211541300000
The Patry Copyright Blog: What Nigeria Can Teach Oregon
The State of Oregon apparently continues to press its groundless efforts to assert, directly or otherwise, claims in its statutes. Nate Ande...
copyright blogpatrynigeriateachoregon
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/02/copyright-office-satellite-report.html?showComment=1139649120000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Copyright Office Satellite Report
In an extremely impressive show of its bench strength, the Copyright Office yesterday released a second report to Congress, this time on th...
copyright blogpatryofficesatellitereport
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/09/furniture-and-unpublished-opinions.html?showComment=1158392580000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Furniture and Unpublished Opinions
In April, the Supreme Court blessedly adopted a rule change permitting the citation of unpublished opinions, effective December 1st. Here is...
copyright blogpatryfurnitureunpublishedopinions
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/11/copyright-and-london-art-galleries.html?showComment=1197750900000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Copyright and London Art Galleries
Since I am in London at the moment, and saw an article by the famous Canadian Cory Doctorow in the British online Guardian Unlimited about ...
copyright bloglondon artpatrygalleries
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/05/clarity-about-fourth-fair-use-factor_08.html?showComment=1147367400000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Clarity About the Fourth Fair Use Factor
The Sunday New York Times Business Section ran a story by Randall Stross entitled " Someone Has to Pay for TV. But Who? And How ?, accompan...
copyright blogfair usepatryclarityfourth
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/11/overreaching-copyright-notices.html?showComment=1163703540000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Overreaching Copyright Notices
In an era when a notice of copyright is not required and is of legal utility only in connection with innocent infringement claims, why go to...
copyright blogpatrynotices
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/11/fair-use-and-personal-copying.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Fair Use and Personal Copying Exemptions
In civil law countries, exceptions to rights don't take the form of fair use, but rather statutory provisions that spell out the permitted c...
copyright blogfair usepatrypersonalcopying
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/04/preemption-and-public-utility-hearing.html?showComment=1211425200000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Preemption and Public Utility Hearing Transcripts
On March 31st, Chief Judge of the Middle District of Pennsylvania Yvette Kane issued an opinion on the copying of public utility hearing tra...
copyright blogpublic utilitypatrypreemptionhearing
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-director-general-for-wipo.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: New Director General for WIPO
Yesterday saw high drama in Geneva not seen since -- well, I don't know when there has been high drama in Geneva -- but anyway, by a vote of...
copyright blognew directorpatrygeneralwipo
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/06/berne-convention-in-perspective.html?showComment=1118761380000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The Berne Convention in Perspective
US adherence to the Berne Convention in 1989 has taken a beating on this blog and elsewhere. I disagree with that criticism and will explai...
copyright blogberne conventionpatryperspective
https://advertisinglaw.foxrothschild.com/
Above the Fold | The Fox Rothschild Advertising, Trademark, & Copyright Blog | Fox Rothschild LLP
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https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/01/uk-consultative-document-and-problems.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: The UK Consultative Document and the Problems of Private Copying
In December 2006, Andrew Gowers , an editor of the Financial Times, issued a report and recommendations to Gordon Brown, then Exchequer, on ...
copyright blog
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/12/augustine-birrell-and-benjamin-kaplan.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Augustine Birrell and Benjamin Kaplan
There have been, since the 17 th century, many different types of works written about copyright: partisan petitions to Parliament, copyrigh...
copyright blogpatryaugustinebenjaminkaplan
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/10/riaas-jury-verdict.html?showComment=1191949980000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The RIAA's Jury Verdict
There have been a number of stories about yesterday's jury verdict in Minnesota, awarding $220,000 in statutory damages. The best reporting ...
copyright blogpatryriaajuryverdict
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/07/1909-act-work-for-hire-puzzle.html?showComment=1215625500000
The Patry Copyright Blog: A 1909 Act work for hire puzzle
Olen York sent me this question awhile back. I would be interested in what people think. It involves the interplay between the 1909 Act and ...
work for hirecopyright blogpatry
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/12/establishment-press-takes-riaa-on.html?showComment=1199126820000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The Establishment Press Takes on the RIAA
Today's NY Times and the Sunday Washington Post both had prominent pieces on the RIAA . Here is the link to the Times article, in Adam Litak...
copyright blogpatryestablishmentpresstakes
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/11/judge-posner-second-life-and-copyright.html?showComment=1164992040000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Judge Posner, Second Life, and Copyright
On December 7th, from 6 to 8 pm PST, in the Center Auditorium in Kula, Judge Posner, or more accurately, his avatar, will be interviewed. Ku...
copyright blogsecond lifepatryjudgeposner
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/02/
The Patry Copyright Blog: February 2006
copyright blogpatryfebruary
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/02/retroactive-work-for-hire-agreements.html?showComment=1202415060000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Retroactive work for hire agreements
Run of the mill cases sometimes illustrate common problems. Gladwell Government Services, Inc. v. County of Marin, 2008 WL 268268 (9th Cir. ...
work for hirecopyright blogpatryretroactiveagreements
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/08/restoring-old-posts.html?showComment=1218316320000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Restoring Old Posts
The voice of the people has been heard. I will restore the posts, hopefully by tomorrow. This is not what I would prefer, but I respect that...
copyright blogpatryrestoringoldposts
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-new-blog.html?showComment=1249882748300
The Patry Copyright Blog: My new blog
I launched a new blog today, called Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars. Here's the link. The blog is based on a book I just published of t...
copyright blogpatrynew
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/09/remedies-in-architecture-cases.html?showComment=1144674240000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Remedies in Architecture Cases
I know I am "building" up posts on architecture, but I came across an opinion that is so wacky it shouldn't go without comment; and, it rais...
copyright blogpatryremediesarchitecturecases
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/06/martignon-reversed.html?showComment=1182093240000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Martignon Reversed
Twenty-three months after oral argument, the Second Circuit has issued its opinion in United States v. Martignon , 2007 WL 1695089 (2d Cir....
copyright blogpatryreversed
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/05/is-there-hole-in-first-sale-doctrine.html?showComment=1118077200000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Is There a Hole in the First Sale Doctrine?
Section 109 of the Copyright Act contains what is commonly called in the United States the "first sale doctrine": if you own a lawfully mad...
copyright blog
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/12/in-praise-of-1909-copyright-act.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: In Praise of the 1909 Copyright Act
Last Tuesday, I visited a friend in DC, who, like me, has been practicing copyright law for a long time (in my case 25 years). He was speaki...
in praise ofcopyright blogpatryact
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/07/way-back-machine-and-robotstxt.html?showComment=1121284380000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The Way Back Machine and Robots.txt
On July 8th, a complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Healthcare Advocates, Inc. ...
way back machinecopyright blogpatryrobotstxt
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/08/section-1008.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Section 1008
Section 1008 of title 17 brings back bad memories. It was drafted "off-the-Hill" by industry (as was the entire initial draft of what later ...
copyright blogpatrysection
https://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/08/patry-copyright-blog-shuts-down.html
Recording Industry vs The People: Patry Copyright Blog shuts down
I am sad to report that the fine copyright law blog, The Patry Copyright Blog , has shut down. One of the reasons the author gave is that hi...
recording industrythe peoplecopyright blogvspatry
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/07/jb-barrie-and-perpetual-rights.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: J.B. Barrie and Perpetual rights
Last night, I watched Finding Neverland , a 2004 film which stars the always amazing Johnny Depp as J.M. Barrie (Anthony Lane did a wonderf...
copyright blogpatryjbarrieperpetual
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/02/photographs-and-derivative-works.html?showComment=1202235720000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Photographs and Derivative Works
The concept of what constitutes a derivative work seems to elude far too many courts, particularly in the photography context. In Ets-Hokin ...
copyright blogpatryphotographsderivativeworks
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/07/fourth-circuit-eats-breakfast-again.html?showComment=1184190660000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The Fourth Circuit Eats Breakfast Again
copyright blogfourth circuitpatryeatsbreakfast
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/05/us-government-and-copyright.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: The U.S. Government and Copyright
Can copyright owners sue the U.S. government for copyright infringement, if so where, and is it worth the effort? How does fair use apply to...
copyright blogu spatrygovernment
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/07/way-back-machine-and-robotstxt.html?showComment=1121211660000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The Way Back Machine and Robots.txt
On July 8th, a complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Healthcare Advocates, Inc. ...
way back machinecopyright blogpatryrobotstxt
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/09/apres-grokster.html?showComment=1126208280000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Apres Grokster
The cases construing Grokster are beginning to trickle out. One from the Northern District of Illinois, involving the Monotype Corporation a...
copyright blogpatryapres
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/09/borges-history-and-copyright.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Borges, History, and Copyright
My two favorite writers are Kafka and Borges. There was a time I could read Kafka fairly well in the original, but never Borges, which I hav...
copyright blogpatryborgeshistory
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/04/perform-act.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: The PERFORM ACT
There is a hearing today before the Senate Judiciary Committee on a just introduced bill, S. 2644, called the PERFORM ACT, short for the Pla...
copyright blogpatryperformact
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/02/scholarly-journals-and-open-access.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Scholarly Journals and Open Access
An article on page E1 of the New York Times Arts section today discusses a vote today by the Harvard Arts and Sciences faculty on whether to...
copyright blogscholarly journalspatryopenaccess
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/08/gongs-and-pacificism.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Gongs and Pacificism
Today's New York Times has a beautifully written obit. The obit masterfully draws out, but doesn't trumpet, wonderful paradoxes. The online ...
copyright blogpatrygongspacificism
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/05/is-there-hole-in-first-sale-doctrine.html?showComment=1117824840000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Is There a Hole in the First Sale Doctrine?
Section 109 of the Copyright Act contains what is commonly called in the United States the "first sale doctrine": if you own a lawfully mad...
copyright blog
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/12/establishment-press-takes-riaa-on.html?showComment=1199309520000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The Establishment Press Takes on the RIAA
Today's NY Times and the Sunday Washington Post both had prominent pieces on the RIAA . Here is the link to the Times article, in Adam Litak...
copyright blogpatryestablishmentpresstakes
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/10/put-another-copyright-act-on-barbie.html?showComment=1160879340000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Put Another Copyright Act on the Barbie, Mate
The Austrialians, makers of excellent wine and all around great folk, are in the midst of a copyright revision process. Here is a link to ...
copyright blogpatryputanotheract
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/04/smithsonian-showtime-agreement.html?showComment=1144352280000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Smithsonian Showtime Agreement
The New York Times had this article on Saturday, by Edward Wyatt, which I reproduce in its entirety in order to give the discussion its prop...
copyright blogpatrysmithsonianshowtimeagreement
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/01/raw-international-law.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Raw International Law
Via Instapundit, I came across a paper by Professors John McGinnis (Northwestern Law School) and Ilya Somin (George Mason Law School), entit...
copyright blogpatryrawinternationallaw
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/08/copyright-office-appeals-process.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Copyright Office Appeals Process
Register of Copyright Mary Beth Peters, with whom I worked as a fellow Policy Planning Advisor from 1988 to 1992, has made a number of very ...
copyright blogpatryofficeappealsprocess
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/02/insurance-policies.html?showComment=1141064340000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Insurance Policies
If there is one type of business that does not deserve the profits it has, much less increased ones, it is health insurance companies. Even ...
copyright blogpatryinsurancepolicies
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/09/little-guy-gets-off-hook.html?showComment=1159456800000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The Little Guy Gets Off the Hook
Following the Second Circuit's affirmance of Judge Daniels' grant of summary judgment in the U.S. DaVinci Code case, Brown et al v. Perdue, ...
copyright bloglittle guygets offpatryhook
https://legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-blog/top-10-posts-on-the-kluwer-copyright-blog-in-2019/
Top 10 Posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2019 | Kluwer Copyright Blog
As we enter a new year, we would like to take this opportunity to pass on our best wishes for 2020 to all of our readers, as well as reflect on developments in...
on thecopyright blogtoppostskluwer
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/08/restoring-old-posts.html?showComment=1218248280000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Restoring Old Posts
The voice of the people has been heard. I will restore the posts, hopefully by tomorrow. This is not what I would prefer, but I respect that...
copyright blogpatryrestoringoldposts
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/04/oregon-goes-wacka-wacka-huna-kuna.html?showComment=1209885720000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Oregon goes wacka wacka huna kuna
The State of Oregon appears to be taking a novel position: that it has copyright in its statutes. The story comes from Ars Technica, here . ...
copyright blogpatryoregongoeshuna
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/06/gender-and-copyright.html?showComment=1214454900000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Gender and Copyright
A powerful metaphor employed to argue that authors should have extensive control over the works they create is the metaphor evoking the rela...
copyright blogpatrygender
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/07/2d-circuit-speaks-twice-on-willfulness.html?showComment=1121106600000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The 2d Circuit Speaks Twice on Willfulness
Since June 28th, the Second Circuit has handed down two opinions on willful copyright infringement. The first, and more substantial, is Isla...
copyright blogpatrycircuitspeakstwice
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2009/07/rocky-mountain-ratings.html?showComment=1248281862125
The Patry Copyright Blog: Rocky Mountain Ratings
A recent decision by a district court in Colorado , Health Grades, Inc., v. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Inc. (HT to Eric...
copyright blogrocky mountainpatryratings
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/01/copyright-claim-in-frog-croaks.html?showComment=1201096320000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Copyright Claim in Frog Croaks
The Ninth Circuit has taken a singularly restrictive approach to claims of copyright in sculptural works depicting real animals. For example...
copyright blogpatryclaimfrogcroaks
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/04/oregon-goes-wacka-wacka-huna-kuna.html?showComment=1212973620000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Oregon goes wacka wacka huna kuna
The State of Oregon appears to be taking a novel position: that it has copyright in its statutes. The story comes from Ars Technica, here . ...
copyright blogpatryoregongoeshuna
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/05/icetv-iced-kangaroos-hopping-mad.html?showComment=1210640640000
The Patry Copyright Blog: IceTV Iced: Kangaroos Hopping Mad
In August of last year, I did a post on a decision by Justice Annabelle Bennett of the Federal Court in Sydney, Australia in a copyright in...
copyright blogpatryicedkangarooshopping
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/02/death-of-divisibility.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: The Death of Divisibility
Karaoke cases continue to flood the courts of appeals, much like plonk (in the sense of bad wine, not in the sense of female police officer...
copyright blogdeath ofpatrydivisibility
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/10/riaas-jury-verdict.html?showComment=1191948180000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The RIAA's Jury Verdict
There have been a number of stories about yesterday's jury verdict in Minnesota, awarding $220,000 in statutory damages. The best reporting ...
copyright blogpatryriaajuryverdict
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/01/ryszard-kapuscinski.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Ryszard Kapuscinski
Michael Kaufman of the New York Times wrote a wonderful obituary of Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski on January 24th. Kapuscinski, wh...
copyright blogpatryryszardkapuscinski
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/08/porno-leads-way-again.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Porno Leads the Way Again
With the increase in the number of web sites offering videos, the number of copyright suits has increased too. As has been the case from the...
copyright blogpatrypornoleadsway
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/11/chan-chan.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Chan Chan
When two music publishers are fighting over who treated poor Cuban musicians best, one is in uncharted waters. Choice of law, forum selectio...
copyright blogpatrychan
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/10/
The Patry Copyright Blog: October 2005
copyright blogpatryoctober
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/06/principle-and-responsibility-of-policy.html?showComment=1117741320000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Principle and the Responsibility of Policy Making
In yesterday's posting, I detailed the vote switches in the Sony case and how Justice Blackmun gave up his majority by refusing to make fur...
copyright blogpatryprincipleresponsibilitypolicy
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/09/remedies-in-architecture-cases.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Remedies in Architecture Cases
I know I am "building" up posts on architecture, but I came across an opinion that is so wacky it shouldn't go without comment; and, it rais...
copyright blogpatryremediesarchitecturecases
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/07/way-back-machine-and-robotstxt.html?showComment=1160604960000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The Way Back Machine and Robots.txt
On July 8th, a complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Healthcare Advocates, Inc. ...
way back machinecopyright blogpatryrobotstxt
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/07/photography-and-copyright-continued.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Photography and Copyright Continued
On July 21, 2005, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the SDNY issued an opinion (only available over the weekend) in Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co., 2005 U...
copyright blogpatryphotographycontinued
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/02/conference-in-london-on-copyright.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Conference in London on Copyright History
Primary Sources on Copyright 1450-1900 is to launch in March. The online resource will revolutionize the way historical research into copyri...
copyright blogin londonpatryconferencehistory
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/11/are-dogs-funny.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Are Dogs Funny?
On the classic 1968 album "Cheaps Thrills" (should there be any other kind?), Janis Joplin sings "Whoa, call me mean or call me evil, I've b...
copyright blogpatrydogsfunny
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-riaa-has-said-about-home-taping.html?showComment=1199825820000
The Patry Copyright Blog: What RIAA Has Said About Home Taping
There is no substitute for actually reading what people say about issues, although I remain surprised that there are still seem to misreadin...
copyright bloghas saidabout homepatry
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/10/riaas-jury-verdict.html?showComment=1192149060000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The RIAA's Jury Verdict
There have been a number of stories about yesterday's jury verdict in Minnesota, awarding $220,000 in statutory damages. The best reporting ...
copyright blogpatryriaajuryverdict
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/05/grokster-debates.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Grokster Debates
On Friday (May 20th), I moderated a debate on Grokster at a joint annual meeting of the San Francisco and Los Angeles IP associations in Pal...
copyright blogpatrydebates
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/04/oregon-goes-wacka-wacka-huna-kuna.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Oregon goes wacka wacka huna kuna
The State of Oregon appears to be taking a novel position: that it has copyright in its statutes. The story comes from Ars Technica, here . ...
copyright blogpatryoregongoeshuna
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/01/freelaw.html?showComment=1203015300000
The Patry Copyright Blog: FreeLaw
An important rationale for the lack of copyright in judicial opinions is the belief that the public should have free access to the laws they...
copyright blogpatry
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/10/misuse-via-cease-desist-letters.html?showComment=1192467300000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Misuse via Cease & Desist Letters
Efforts by lawyers to assert copyright in their pleadings and briefs is not new, and is typically done not to suppress the contents of docum...
copyright blogpatrymisuseviacease
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/07/im-barking-for-judge-barkett.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: I'm Barking for Judge Barkett
Yesterday, the 11 th Circuit handed down its eagerly awaited en banc opinion in Greenberg v. National Geographic Society. By a 7-5 vote,...
copyright blogpatrybarkingjudge
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/05/learned-hand-and-writing-of-history.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Learned Hand and the Writing of History
copyright bloglearned handpatrywritinghistory
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/12/establishment-press-takes-riaa-on.html?showComment=1199300820000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The Establishment Press Takes on the RIAA
Today's NY Times and the Sunday Washington Post both had prominent pieces on the RIAA . Here is the link to the Times article, in Adam Litak...
copyright blogpatryestablishmentpresstakes
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/10/judge-james-l-oakes.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Judge James L. Oakes
We have lost one of our greatest judges, Judge James L. Oakes (whose initials deliciously spelled out Jell-O). Judge Oakes was a native of...
copyright blogpatryjudgejamesoakes
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-does-it-mean-to-be-pro-ip.html?showComment=1197432660000
The Patry Copyright Blog: What Does it mean to be Pro-IP?
On December 4 th of this year, the legendary UK intellectual property authority Sir Hugh Laddie gave his inaugural lecture as a Professor ...
what does it meancopyright blog
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/10/
The Patry Copyright Blog: October 2006
copyright blogpatryoctober
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/05/illegal-art.html?showComment=1211987940000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Illegal art
Tomasz Rychlicki is a Polish copyright lawyer, who works at Patpol , Warsaw. He sometimes posts comments on this blog, and posted a very i...
copyright blogpatryillegalart
https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/04/blazing-waste.html?showComment=1176755580000
The Patry Copyright Blog: A Blazing Waste?
A recent suit filed by Gary Friedrich, the creator of the comic book character Ghost Rider, alter ego of Johnny Blaze raises a number of ...
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https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/07/1909-act-work-for-hire-puzzle.html?showComment=1215642780000
The Patry Copyright Blog: A 1909 Act work for hire puzzle
Olen York sent me this question awhile back. I would be interested in what people think. It involves the interplay between the 1909 Act and ...
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https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/08/civil-conspiracy-to-commit-copyright.html?showComment=1187183520000
The Patry Copyright Blog: Civil Conspiracy to Commit Copyright Infringement
I there a civil cause of action to commit copyright infringement, and if so is it a federal or state claim? In Mintel Learning Technology, ...
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https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/10/riaas-jury-verdict.html?showComment=1191679020000
The Patry Copyright Blog: The RIAA's Jury Verdict
There have been a number of stories about yesterday's jury verdict in Minnesota, awarding $220,000 in statutory damages. The best reporting ...
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The Patry Copyright Blog: Martignon Reversed
Twenty-three months after oral argument, the Second Circuit has issued its opinion in United States v. Martignon , 2007 WL 1695089 (2d Cir....
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https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/09/making-us-law-overseas.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Making U.S. Law Overseas
BNA's September 15th PTCJ has two articles well worth reading. The first describes a meeting held by the PTO and the Copyright Office on Se...
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The Patry Copyright Blog: Does It Matter if Copyright is Property?
Recent years have seen an explosion of academic interest in questions of property. Law professors plumb ancient, Elizabethan (if I have to r...
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https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/08/sweet-smell-of-infringement.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: The Sweet Smell of Infringement
Here is a link to an article about a ruling from the Dutch Supreme Court ruling that there is copyright protection for a fragrance, and tha...
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https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/11/yes-virginia-there-is-411a.html
The Patry Copyright Blog: Yes Virginia, there is a 411(a)
My disagreements with Nimmer's view on 17 USC 411(a)'s requirement that a "work of the United States" have been actually registered (or r...
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The Patry Copyright Blog: Martignon Reversed
Twenty-three months after oral argument, the Second Circuit has issued its opinion in United States v. Martignon , 2007 WL 1695089 (2d Cir....
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