Can’t “Flea” from Louis Vuitton
Although there is no shortage of counterfeit products on the market, it is not everyday that a high fashion designer sues your local flea market.
June 14, 2017
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Category: Copyright Reform
How Open Science and Copyleft Can Help Find Cures
In promoting scientific research and discovery, access to information is everything. Scientists look to journals and the work of their peers to identify new, innovative
March 29, 2017
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Professors and Leading Scholars Respond to the IPO’s Request for Views on Modernising the European Copyright Framework
On September 14, the European Commission published draft legislation aimed at modernising the European copyright framework. To ensure the draft legislation delivers the best outcomes
December 6, 2016
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Not-So-Compulsory Licence: a Proposed (and Rejected) Solution to Copyright Infringement in Derivative Musical Works
In a recent MTV news article, author Miles Raymer opined over the “hopelessly broken” state of the US copyright system. While such a sweeping statement
November 17, 2016
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Batmobile Declared a Character Deserving of Copyright Protection, Finally Invincible
The U.S. Ninth Circuit court held in DC Comics v Towle (“Towle”) that Mark Towle’s Batmobile replicas infringed DC Comics’ copyrights, and that the Batmobile was a “character”
April 4, 2016
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Hacking in Canada
This blog is cross-posted with permission from Margaret Haig, Head of Copyright Delivery at the UK IPO, her original post is available here. In February,
March 31, 2016
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