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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…
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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,…
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Drafting Royalty Payment Provision in a License Agreement

27 Jan 20217 Mar 2021
If a Royalty Payment Provision is read as a condition to the grant of copyright license and there is nonpayment, the contract will be void and the licensor will be…
Is Yoga Sequence Copyrightable?

US Copyright Office – Statement of Policy in the Federal Register

23 Jan 2021
"A selection, coordination, or arrangement of exercise movements, such as a compilation of yoga poses, may not be copyrighted where the particular movements and the order in which they are…
Is Yoga Sequence Copyrightable?

17 USC §102 – Copyrightable Things

23 Jan 2021
17 U.S.C. §102 (a) Copyright protection subsists, … in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced,…
Is Yoga Sequence Copyrightable?

Bikram Case Law

23 Jan 202123 Jan 2021
Bikram’s Yoga Coll. of India, L.P. v. Evolation Yoga, LLC, 2012 WL 6548505 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 14, 2012)– Yogi Bikram Choudhury developed the Bikram style of hot yoga and used brand name…
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,…
What is Protectable?

What is protectable?

30 Sep 20207 Mar 2021
Pattern design on the fabric is copyrightable but not the shape of the clothing. Color scheme is not copyrightable. Color can be protected by trademark/trade dress (packaging) if distinctive enough,…
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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…
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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…

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