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"Whose" Game Is It? Sports-Wagering And Intellectual Property, Ryan M. Rodenberg, Anastasios Kaburakis, John T. Holden

Villanova Law Review

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Score A Touchdown, Kiss Your Tattoo, And Get Sued For Copyright Infringement?, Darren A. Heitner, Alan Wilmot

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

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Functionality And Graphical User Interface Design Patents, Michael Risch

Working Paper Series

Modern designers of graphical user interfaces, or GUIs, have obtained design patent protection for creative computer software displays, a realm previously limited to copyright. The difference in protection is important because design patents do not traditionally allow the same defenses - life fair use - associated with copyright. Apple's nearly billion dollar judgment against Samsung, which included such a GUI patent, brought this issue to the forefront.

This article answers three emerging questions:

1. Aren't GUIs something that should be protected by copyright only? Why should there be a patent? The answer is relatively simple: the law has, since 1870, …