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Special Project: Current Issues In Intellectual Property, W. Russell Taber
Special Project: Current Issues In Intellectual Property, W. Russell Taber
Vanderbilt Law Review
A single legal concept has produced some of the greatest achievements of the human mind: intellectual property. Thousands of years ago, Aristotle denounced the then novel notion of rewarding those who create inventions beneficial to the state. History has been kind to Aristotle, but not because of his insights on intellectual property. The Venetian Senate's passage of the 1474 Act marked the beginning of systematic patent protection on European soil. Along with blown glassware, Venice later exported its penchant for patent protection to the rest of Europe, including Great Britain by the mid- sixteenth century. During the same era, the …
Introduction: Special Project - Current Issues In Intellectual Property, W. Russell Taber
Introduction: Special Project - Current Issues In Intellectual Property, W. Russell Taber
Vanderbilt Law Review
A single legal concept has produced some of the greatest achievements of the human mind: intellectual property. Thousands of years ago, Aristotle denounced the then novel notion of rewarding those who create inventions beneficial to the state. History has been kind to Aristotle, but not because of his insights on intellectual property. The Venetian Senate's passage of the 1474 Act marked the beginning of systematic patent protection on European soil. Along with blown glassware, Venice later exported its penchant for patent protection to the rest of Europe, including Great Britain by the mid- sixteenth century. During the same era, the …
Copyright "Deja Vu": A New Definition Of "Publication" Under The Copyright Act Of 1909, W. Russell Taber
Copyright "Deja Vu": A New Definition Of "Publication" Under The Copyright Act Of 1909, W. Russell Taber
Vanderbilt Law Review
"I have a dream," Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., declared from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington in 1963. About 200,000 people had gathered to listen to Dr. King's famous speech and to participate in the events of the day. Millions more witnessed the live broadcast on major television and radio stations. Others read the text of the speech in newspapers across the country.
Just over a month later, Dr. King applied for federal copyright protection for the speech. Under federal copyright law at the time, an owner who published a work prior to complying …