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31 Aug 2006, 3:46 am
Finding that the mark BLACK EXPO in the stylized form below ("BLACK EXPO" disclaimed) lacks sufficient distinctiveness, inherent or acquired, to merit registration on the Principal Register, the Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark for "organizing exhibitions for promoting minority owned businesses. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 11:43 am by Drew Boortz
One of the most important constraints is the fact that, in order to bring a lawsuit for copyright infringement of a work created in the United States, that work must be registered with the US Copyright Office. [read post]
9 May 2008, 2:30 pm
First, as should already be clear, there is the problem that, as copyright term gets ever longer, it becomes harder and harder to identify authorship, trace rights, and even verify if the correct rights holder registered the work (this is very significant for works protected under the 1909 copyright act, but it could also be important if an infringement action were brought regarding a more modern orphan). [read post]
6 Jun 2010, 5:52 am by Brian Scott
First, it's not possible to copyright a slogan.Copyrights can be obtained for things of an artistic nature. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 1:30 pm by Rebecca Tushnet
”  Dastar’s reasoning was not limited to cases in which the copyrights at issue were expired: “either in the absence of an enforceable copyright or where a copyright-holder elects not to invoke its copyright, under Dastar the protections of the Lanham Act cannot be construed as ‘dropping down’ to provide protection exclusively available under copyright law. [read post]
9 Sep 2014, 1:05 am
§ 1125(c)(1)) dozens of Disney’s federal registered trade marks for Mickey Mouse (the "Mickey Marks"). [read post]
3 Jul 2018, 7:00 am by Jonathan Bailey
Lucasfilm filed a lawsuit claiming copyright infringement but Ren challenged multiple aspects of the lawsuit including asking what registered material pertained to the game itself and whether the prevalence of Star Wars gifs and memes meant that Lucasfilm had surrendered its copyright interests/ The judge. however, disagreed with those arguments. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 4:17 am by David
 (My mind wonders… if you register copyright on a draft brief, what’s the scope of waiver?) [read post]
4 May 2009, 5:01 am
Besides the Thomas feed here are some that will probably be faves for the OOTJ crowd:Copyright Office:Legislative DevelopmentsFederal Register NoticesNewsNet (deadlines for comments, hearings, etc.)What's New (alerts on Copyright Office website postings)Law Library of Congress:Global Legal MonitorLegal Research ReportsWebcastsFor LibrariansL.O.C. [read post]
26 Feb 2021, 8:57 am by Terry Hart
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter takes stock of the Marrakesh Treaty two years after the US formally joined. [read post]
24 Jun 2014, 11:34 am by Lincoln Lo
The court rejected Allvoices’s argument and held that, under the plain language of the DMCA, an online service provider may invoke the DMCA safe harbors only if it has registered a DMCA agent with the Copyright Office. [read post]
27 Sep 2020, 7:08 am by Anastasiia Kyrylenko
 Kat Friend Andrea Rossi discussed the recent release of the new top level domain (TLD) “.gay”, registered by a US-based company, which will now sell domain names under this TLD. [read post]
16 Oct 2019, 4:27 am by Ben
 A Twitter spokesperson told CNN that the company responds to copyright complaints sent to them by a copyright owner or their authorised representatives.Why bring a Trade Mark claim in place of a copyright claim? [read post]
30 Jan 2014, 1:18 am by Ben
More than 845,000 publications were registered in China for copyright protection in 2013, up about 23% year-on-year according to official statistics. [read post]
3 May 2016, 2:11 pm by Rebecca Tushnet
 Jonathan Band, Library Copyright Alliance: our concern is overnotice, overtakedown, and harm to fair use. [read post]
27 Sep 2021, 6:43 am by Kenan Farrell
This copyright lawsuit involves a painter attempting to stop an online merchandise platform from using his artwork on customizable products. [read post]