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Friday, August 6
JibJab seeks declaratory judgment on copyright infringement threat
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Mark VB Partridge
on Fri 06 Aug 2004 05:21 PM EDT
JibJab, as you probably know, created an amusing little "music video" featuring John Kerry and George Bush cartoon characters trading jabs to the tune of Woody Guthrie's song "This Land is Your Land." The owners of rights to the song threatened suit. But JibJab is the first to court. More here from Wired News. more »
Seventh Circuit Confronts Conceptual Separability
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Mark VB Partridge
on Fri 06 Aug 2004 10:46 AM EDT
Pivot Point International sought copyright protection for a mannequin head created for it display hair pieces. The District Court denied protection because the work was a useful article. The Seventh Circuit reversed and remanded, stating that certain features of the mannequin were "conceptually separable" from the utilitarian aspects of the mannequin and were therefore entitled to copyright protection. Pivot Point International Inc. v. Charlene Products Inc., Case No. 01-3888 (7th Cir. June 25, 2004). The Court notes that trying to separate creative features from the utilitarian aspects of useful articles is one of the most "troublesome" distinctions in Copyright ... more »
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