23
Dec
2016
Why The NY Court of Appeals Was Wrong Regarding Flo & Eddie
The New York (State) Court of Appeals (“COA”) recently issued an opinion on the question that had been certified to them from the... Read More
20
Dec
2016
Case Files from the Archives; Vol 2: Folsom v. Marsh, Gilbert & Sullivan, and More!
Some of you may have noticed a post I did last week, about the digitization of the First Circuit’s case file from Pierce... Read More
16
Dec
2016
Copyright Casefiles from the Archives, Vol. 1: Pierce & Bushnell v. Werckmeister
I’m pleased to announce one of the first fruits of a partnership between the Boston Public Library, National Archives at Waltham, and... Read More
13
Dec
2016
An 1899 Proposal for a Proto-Federal Circuit
Although we tend to think of the idea of a modern appeals court focused on intellectual property issues as a recent phenomenon,... Read More
8
Dec
2016
Bibliographies on Design Protection
From 1955 through 1976, the Copyright Office published three bibliographies on the issue of copyright protection for designs. The first was prepared... Read More
1
Dec
2016
Researching Proposed but Failed Amendments to the US Constitution
In the wake of the recent election, there’s been a lot of talk about amending the Constitution regarding the Electoral College, or... Read More