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13 Oct 2022, 12:55 am by Ron Coleman
The post McDonald’s considers IP protection for anticipated move into sale of actual food appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. [read post]
28 Nov 2006, 6:14 am
The story they’re all talking about on barely-middlebrow talk radio today: McDonalds tries to patent sandwich-making – or, rather, a sandwich-making McGuffin for its Egg McMuffin. [read post]
20 May 2015, 11:55 am by Bill
I liked Stephen Carter's The Emperor of Ocean Park when it was about affluent African-American culture, a subject about which I know damn little, and it was all right when it was about academic politics; but its McGuffin was about a corrupt Circuit Court judge, and that was simply too implausible to sustain my suspension of disbelief. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 4:00 am by Ray Dowd
  The court concluded that the routine was used as a McGuffin (see Wikipedia explanation of MacGuffin fictional device here)Walking through the factors of fair use, the Second Circuit concluded that the use was not transformative, was commercial and otherwise not limited or incorporated in a way that would constitute fair use.The Second Circuit, however, found that the owner of the film with the Who's on First routine did not own the copyright and thus dismissed the case. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 4:00 am by Ray Dowd
  The court concluded that the routine was used as a McGuffin (see Wikipedia explanation of MacGuffin fictional device here)Walking through the factors of fair use, the Second Circuit concluded that the use was not transformative, was commercial and otherwise not limited or incorporated in a way that would constitute fair use.The Second Circuit, however, found that the owner of the film with the Who's on First routine did not own the copyright and thus dismissed the case. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 4:00 am by Ray Dowd
  The court concluded that the routine was used as a McGuffin (see Wikipedia explanation of MacGuffin fictional device here)Walking through the factors of fair use, the Second Circuit concluded that the use was not transformative, was commercial and otherwise not limited or incorporated in a way that would constitute fair use.The Second Circuit, however, found that the owner of the film with the Who's on First routine did not own the copyright and thus dismissed the case. [read post]
28 Oct 2016, 10:21 am by Howard Knopf
Here is the witness list for the Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee hearings next Wednesday and Thursday, November 2 and 3 re Canada’s Copyright Board. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 1:33 pm by Steve Hall
The UK's Morning Sun reports, "Lethal drugs secretly shipped to California," by Paddy McGuffin. [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 10:47 am by News Desk
Michael McGuffin, president of the American Herbal Products Association, said that herb identification using DNA testing should be confirmed with established analytical tools herbal experts use such as chromatography or microscopy. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 10:34 am by Randy Barnett
 Apart from a relatively irrelevant conspiracy McGuffin (that mainly serves to tip off the bad guys) it is remarkably free of PC cant. [read post]
3 Mar 2008, 12:23 pm
Eli's aneurysm is the McGuffin that sends him out on his intellectual and emotional makeover. [read post]
21 May 2009, 12:00 am
To the IPKat's eye, this seems to be a fudge. [read post]
13 May 2020, 12:53 pm by Josh Blackman
The Court should eliminate all requirements to wait on the sidewalk for tickets, wristbands, or any other mcguffin. [read post]
21 Jun 2023, 7:20 am by Terry Hart
Similarly, in rejecting fair use for the inclusion of plaintiff’s copyrighted comedy routine in defendant’s play, the Second Circuit said, The “dramatic” purpose served by the Routine in the Play appears to be as a “McGuffin,” that is, as a theatrical device that sets up the plot, but is of little or no significance in itself. [read post]
11 Nov 2023, 5:59 pm by gA
Fito Páez saca El amor después del amor, el disco más vendido del rock nacional. [read post]