The U.S. Copyright Claims Board recently went live, offering copyright holders a low cost method of enforcement. The filing fee is...

The written works Winnie-the-Pooh and Bambi are now in the public domain. Click here for a list of this year’s releases.

Recently many have been turning to copyrights as a means of punishing or silencing their opponents. In one recent case, a police...

The Internet Archive (IA) is a nonprofit organization that has digitally preserved more than 1.4 million books and historical documents....

A host of books, musical works, literary works and art created in 1924 have entered the public domain on January 1st and are now free to...

On October 29th, the NCAA announced it will begin a process that will eventually allow athletes to profit from their image, name and...

In 1996, Blackbeard's famed ship Queen Anne's Revenge was discovered by a private salvage company. A film crew was subsequently hired to...

Copyright Office continues to explore a variety of options to streamline the copyright process and reduce registration times. CLICK HERE...

New EU legislation known as Article 11 and Article 13 was recently passed, requiring companies such as Facebook, YouTube and Google to...

The President recently signed the Music Modernization Act into law. This legislation streamlines payment to songwriters by creating a...

A hand bag company called My Other Bag (MOB) has been engaged in a long legal battle with Louis Vitton. The company claimed that MOB's...

"Threatening" a potential infringer for acts performed in the UK will now be governed by a new Intellectual Property Unjustified Threats...

While copyright law will not protect utilitarian articles, it will protect the creative expression in making those articles. As a...

LeBron James' tattoo artist recently filed suit against the makers of NBA2K16 claiming that their use of the tattoo in the video game...

Google's Library Project offers digital versions of books sent to the project by libraries. Google has not secured permission to use...

A California judge hearing a copyright suit against Warner/Chappell music recently ruled that the "Happy Birthday" song is in the public...

A Pennsylvania woman recently faced a copyright infringement suit when she posted a video of her child dancing to Prince's "Let's Go...

Artist Simon Beck is well known for his artworks in the snow.  Using snowshoes, he creates stunning geometric masterpieces often the size...

Designers have been increasingly proactive in protecting their marks and brands by filing trademark infringement suits against those...

The U.S. Copyright Office has proposed the creation of a 3 person tribunal to adjudicate smaller value copyright claims.  Use of this...