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The Plumpy'nut Predicament: Is Compulsory Licensing A Solution?, Umar R. Bakhsh
The Plumpy'nut Predicament: Is Compulsory Licensing A Solution?, Umar R. Bakhsh
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
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Appendix: What Is Transformative? An Explanatory Synthesis Of The Convergence Of Transformation And Predominant Purpose In Copyright Fair Use Law, Michael D. Murray
Appendix: What Is Transformative? An Explanatory Synthesis Of The Convergence Of Transformation And Predominant Purpose In Copyright Fair Use Law, Michael D. Murray
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
The transformative test has risen to the top of the agenda of the copyright academic community with no less than two major studies of copyright fair use and the impact of the transformative test released in 2011 by Professors Matthew Sag and Neil Netanel that follow up on three recent comprehensive studies of copyright fair use published since 2008. The lessons learned from these two 2011 statistical studies are significant, in that both studies confirm the importance of the transformative test in terms of its application by the courts as the dominant test of fair use and in the observation …
What Is Transformative? An Explanatory Synthesis Of The Convergence Of Transformation And Predominant Purpose In Copyright Fair Use Law, Michael D. Murray
What Is Transformative? An Explanatory Synthesis Of The Convergence Of Transformation And Predominant Purpose In Copyright Fair Use Law, Michael D. Murray
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
Two recent statistical studies confirm that a court finding of “transformation” in a copyright fair use claim virtually assures a finding that the use is fair. This Article analyzes the entire body of United States Supreme Court and United States Courts of Appeals case law applying the transformative test in copyright fair use cases to present two points: first, that the transformative test modifies the first sentence of 17 U.S.C. § 107 — in particular, the terms, “the fair use of a copyrighted work” — rather than simply factor one of the four-factor test; second, in implementing the transformative test, …
Designer Collaborations As A Solution To The Fast-Fashion Copyright Dilemma, Arielle K. Cohen
Designer Collaborations As A Solution To The Fast-Fashion Copyright Dilemma, Arielle K. Cohen
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
This article explores the issue of large retailers capitalizing on designers’ designs by using the method of “close copying” and the dilemma that designers face due to their lack of recourse since their designs are not afforded copyright protection. The Council of Fashion Designers of America has been lobbying Congress for protection and their efforts have created the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act. This legislation is currently pending but it is a revised version of the earlier Design Piracy Prohibition Act and it removes many of the controversial provisions that were in the earlier version. Therefore, there is …
Fair Use And The Quotation Of Song Lyrics In Fiction, Stephen B. Harrison
Fair Use And The Quotation Of Song Lyrics In Fiction, Stephen B. Harrison
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
No abstract provided.