The Fashion Bill History of The Fashion Bill 8 Mar 202129 Mar 2021 March 30, 2006, Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) introduced the Design Piracy Prohibition Act [H.R. 5055] to the House. April 25, 2007, Representative Bill Delahunt (D-MA) introduced the Design Piracy Prohibition…
Music Subconscious Copying & Giving Credits 8 Mar 202129 Mar 2021 Under copyright law, a work is an "original work," therefore copyrightable upon creation, if one did not copy it from another work. Thus, technically, one can make a song that…
© The Intricacy of Photographs 7 Mar 202129 Mar 2021 A photograph is copyrightable by the photographer only, unless otherwise arranged by a contract. Unless otherwise arranged by a contract, a person hiring a photographer, the subject of a photograph,…
The Fashion Bill Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act 1 Oct 202029 Mar 2021 <H.R. 2511> Summary (Visit here for the full text.): Extends copyright protection to fashion designs. Revises the definition of "useful article" to include an article of apparel (clothing, handbags, purses,…
© Yoga sequence Cannot be Copyrighted. 30 Sep 20208 Mar 2021 According to cases and U.S Copyright Office, YOGA SEQUENCE CANNOT BE COPYRIGHTED. Yoga poses or sequences cannot be copyrighted because compilation of exercises itself is not construed as literary, musical, dramatic, pantomimes…
© What is Copyrightable? 26 Sep 202025 Mar 2021 Ideas cannot be copyrighted:NEVER. Facts cannot be copyrighted. (Even if you discovered it!) Common characters cannot be copyrighted. (Ex. Pirate with an eye-patch)Fashion design cannot be copyrighted. A sketch of…
Music “Blurred Lines” vs “Got to Give It Up” 12 Sep 20209 Mar 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDUC1LUXSU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhFNY9zW2F4 Williams v. Gaye, 885 F.3d 1150 (9th Cir. 2018) Marvin Gaye's estate alleged Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke copied Gaye's "Got To Give It Up." The court found…
Fashion Law… “Individual perception of the beautiful is too varied a power” 9 Sep 202027 Jan 2021 Bicks, District Judge. "Individual perception of the beautiful is too varied a power to permit a narrow or rigid concept of art." Mazer v. Stein, 347 U.S. 201, 214, 74…
Fashion Law… “Some works of genius would be sure to miss appreciation” 9 Sep 202027 Jan 2021 Mr. Justice Holmes "It would be a dangerous undertaking for persons trained only to the law to constitute themselves final judges of the worth of pictorial illustrations, outside of the…
Fashion Law… “For a bridal gown becomes the heirloom of the bride” 9 Sep 202029 Jan 2021 Scheindlin, District Judge. "Nor would a recall order cause less prejudice to consumers of infringing dresses who have already worn their wedding dresses, for a bridal gown becomes the heirloom…
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