and the merry band of McDonaldland characters infringed copyright protection for Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo and the other … imaginative H.R. Pufnstuf costumed characters. Since the emergence of software copyright infringement cases in the 1980s …, substantially all software copyright cases have employed expert witnesses to aid juries in understanding software code. As the …

from a particular theme or setting, is a flexible and capacious limitation on copyright protection that can shield … defendants from copyright liability. There are at least five senses in which the scenes a faire doctrine may apply in software … copyright cases, including when infringement claims are based on the defendant's reuse of program command terms. First, program …

to go through the charade of rescinding and regranting a copyright license for the express purpose of blocking the author …

This article explores how 3D printing fits within US copyright law. US copyright law provides a well-developed general … framework for the protection of creative designs, whether fixed in CAD files or 3D objects. Enforcement of copyright protection … the digital revolution. Nonetheless, 3D printing brings distinctive issues. Although grounded in statute, US copyright law …

In conjunction with Congressional review of copyright law in light of technological and other developments that affect … the creation, dissemination, and use of copyrighted works, the U.S. Copyright Office announced on March 17, 2014 the …

This commentary discusses the U.S. Copyright Office's May 5, 2014 hearing on the scope of the Section 106 …(3) distribution right, including the role of legislative history in interpreting this provision of copyright law. Following hearings … Copyright Office to review and assess “the state of U.S. law recognizing and protecting making available and communication to …

Over the past decade, numerous scholars and commentators have asserted that the indirect copyright liability standards … copyright liability and technological innovation and some suggestive empirical results. The conceptual analysis demonstrates … that the question of whether indirect copyright liability chills technological innovation inherently requires consideration …