Download or read book Formalities in Copyright Law written by Stef van Gompel and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines whether reintroducing copyright formalities is legally feasible. Based on a comprehensive and thorough analysis of copyright formalities, it sets out to establish the extent to which the current copyright system allows for their reintroduction. To this end, the author describes the role and functions of formalities, revisits the history of formalities at the national and international levels, examines the scope of the international prohibition on formalities, and scrutinizes the rationales behind this prohibition, including an in-depth examination of the validity of the argument that copyright is a 'natural right' and therefore should be protected independently of formalities. The author skilfully evaluates and contrasts the conflicting theories according to which formalities, on the one hand, add legal certainty to claims on the ownership of property, and, on the other, hamper individual authors from seeking adequate protection for their works. This book makes an important contribution to legal science by answering questions that so far have been neglected or only marginally addressed. To the degree that current copyright law permits reintroducing formalities, the author posits the specifications that will determine to a great extent what role and functions they may eventually fulfil: depending on the aims to be achieved, lawmakers must choose which types of formalities shall be imposed, and what their legal consequences shall be. This book goes a long way towards reinforcing the foundation for those decisions.
Download or read book United States Code written by United States and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The United States Code is the official codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States of America. The Code was first published in 1926, and a new edition of the code has been published every six years since 1934. The 2012 edition of the Code incorporates laws enacted through the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session, the last of which was signed by the President on January 15, 2013. It does not include laws of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, enacted between January 2, 2013, the date it convened, and January 15, 2013. By statutory authority this edition may be cited "U.S.C. 2012 ed." As adopted in 1926, the Code established prima facie the general and permanent laws of the United States. The underlying statutes reprinted in the Code remained in effect and controlled over the Code in case of any discrepancy. In 1947, Congress began enacting individual titles of the Code into positive law. When a title is enacted into positive law, the underlying statutes are repealed and the title then becomes legal evidence of the law. Currently, 26 of the 51 titles in the Code have been so enacted. These are identified in the table of titles near the beginning of each volume. The Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives continues to prepare legislation pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 285b to enact the remainder of the Code, on a title-by-title basis, into positive law. The 2012 edition of the Code was prepared and published under the supervision of Ralph V. Seep, Law Revision Counsel. Grateful acknowledgment is made of the contributions by all who helped in this work, particularly the staffs of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel and the Government Printing Office"--Preface.
Download or read book The Public Domain written by Stephen Fishman and published by NOLO. This book was released on 2000 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to find and use creative works without permission or fees, describing how to recognize whether or not a work is in the public domain.
Download or read book Formalities in Copyright Law written by Stef Johan Gompel and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Realist Approach to Copyright Law s Formalities written by Michael W. Carroll and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rejecting the conventional story that formalities in copyright law were abolished by the Berne Convention, this Article demonstrates that privately administered systems of formalities play a significant role in the administration of copyright law worldwide. Indeed, they must because copyright is designed to support a transaction structure which requires rightsholders who seek to attract licensing partners to go through some formal step to identify themselves and the works in which they have a legal or beneficial interest. Canvassing the landscape of mandatory and voluntary public and private systems of formalities, this article argues that: (1) national policymakers retain more policy authority under Berne to impose certain formal requirements on rightsholders than those with a formalist understanding of public formalities argue; (2) private systems of formalities are extensive, economically significant, but are not interoperable with each other in many cases and with voluntary registries and other voluntary public formalities systems; and (3) policymakers should use a mix of approaches to improve the functioning of both public and private formalities systems by promoting or requiring transparency, efficiency, and interoperability in their design and administration.
Download or read book Nimmer on Copyright written by Melville B. Nimmer and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Re Introducing Formalities in Copyright as a Strategy for the Public Domain written by Severine Dusollier and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many voices have been recently heard in favor of the reintroduction of formalities in copyright law, in order to counteract the rapid expansion of copyright protection and the ensuing diminishing of the public domain. Formalities have been considered as a way to limit the automatic granting of copyright, to shorten its duration or to make its enforcement less easy. This paper examines the relevance of a possible reintroduction of formalities for the enhancement and safeguarding of the public domain. It first considers the formalities the introduction of which (or reintroduction in some countries) has been proposed, under two lenses: their validity under the Berne Convention, and their relevance to promote the public domain. It concludes that formalities based on a registration or renewal process have the effect to grant protection to works considered by their copyright owner to have some market potential. Thereby, it espouses a peculiar view of copyright where protection would only be granted to those works with a commercial value. In that narrative, works with no interest to the public - or at least none recognized by the market - will fall into the public domain. Is this really the kind of public domain that we would like to build? More relevant to enhance public availability of works would be to impose some publicity to the transfer of the copyright title, for instance through recordation in public registers, as well as formalities conditioning additional protections of copyright, such as protection against the circumvention of technological measures. As an overall conclusion, this paper argues for the retention of some formalities and explains their potential for enhancing access to and dissemination of knowledge without impairing authors' rights. Formalities might have another effect on the public domain, if conceived differently. Indeed, formalities could be imposed to secure the relinquishment of one's work into the public domain as an opt-out mechanism. Such system of reverse formalities would remove the existing uncertainties, at least in countries with a moral right, about the possibility to give up copyright in a work. It would also guarantee the public domain status of a work for potential users.
Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Download or read book Patents Copyrights and Trademarks For Dummies written by Henri J. A. Charmasson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Useful tips and step-by-step guidance from filing to issue to license Acquire and protect your share of this major business asset Want to secure and exploit the intellectual property rights due you or your company? This easy-to-follow guide shows you how — helping you to evaluate your idea's commercial potential, conduct patent and trademark searches, document the invention process, license your IP rights, and comply with international laws. Plus, you get detailed examples of each patent application type! Discover how to: Avoid application blunders Register trademarks and copyrights Meet patent requirements Navigate complex legal issues Protect your rights abroad The entire body of U.S. patent laws Example office actions and amendments Sample forms Trademark registration certificates Application worksheets See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Download or read book Copyright Law Revision written by and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Copyright and Related Rights written by World Intellectual Property Organization and published by WIPO. This book was released on 2006 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet is intended to provide an introduction for non-specialists or new-comers to the subject of copyright and related rights. It explains in layman's terms the fundamentals underpinning copyright law and practice. It describes the different types of rights which copyright and related rights law protects, as well as the limitations on those rights. And finally it briefly covers transfer of copyright and provisions for enforcement.
Download or read book International Copyright Law and Practice written by Melville B. Nimmer and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book International Copyright written by Paul Goldstein and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Copyright is an indispensable reference work for professionals involved with international intellectual property transactions or litigation. It is essential reading for scholars and for intellectual property practitioners worldwide. This edition provides new sections on contributory liability of intermediaries and on collective rights management.
Download or read book Copyright Law written by Jeanne C. Fromer and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Requirements of the Manufacturing Clause of the Copyright Law written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Copyright and Cultural Institutions written by Peter B. Hirtle and published by Cornell University Libraries, Department of Manuscripts & University Archives. This book was released on 2009 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook for digitization of American libraries, archives and museums focusing on copyright issues.
