Category Archives: Intellectual Property

Project 2 copyright assignment memo (2015)

Note: click here for more links relevant to Project 2, including the scoring criteria. MEMORANDUM THOMAS, THOMAS, AND THOMAS A Pretend Limited Liability Partnership FROM:             Ira Steven Nathenson, “Managing Partner,” T3 PLLP TO:                  Spring 2015 “Associate” Class RE:                  Copyright project DATE:             March 4, 2015 Note to […]

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Project 2 – Copyrights (main)

Memo to associates (discussed in class Mar. 2, posted Mar. 4) Scoring for Project 2 Other materials: Useful Articles analysis Cease & desist templates and generators here and here and here and here and here Chilling Effects Clearinghouse Elements of a cease-and-desist letter a/k/a how NOT to be an IP gorilla PDF readers for Mac (courtesy of Thomas) FoxIt PDF reader for PC […]

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Copyright duration: basic rules (beta)

Generally speaking, works published in the United States prior to 1923 are now in the public domain. This is because in 1998 (the year of the Sonny Bono Act/CTEA), works published before 1923 were already in the public domain before subsisting copyrights got a 20-year extension (extending existing copyrights from 75 to 95 years). See the math: 1998 (Year of Sonny Bono Act) […]

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