29
Nov
2024
What Does John Cage Have to Do with AI Authorship?
As some of you know I’m working on a project on the history of copyright protection for computer-generated works, aka AI authorship.... Read More
19
Apr
2024
Registering Generative AI Works for Copyright Under the Rule of Doubt
The Copyright Office is currently involved with the question of how to handle applications to register works which are partially or fully... Read More
9
Apr
2023
The Landscape of Copyright Registration 1978-2012
On November 17, 2015, Robert Brauneis delivered the 12th Christopher A. Meyer Memorial Lecture on “The Landscape of American Cultural Production, 1978-2012:... Read More
30
Mar
2023
Fuller v. Bemis and the Failed Prehistory of Choreographic Copyright
In the 1890s, famed dancer Loïe Fuller had her first major success with the “Serpentine Dance,” a variation of the popular “skirt... Read More
6
Oct
2022
Tattoos and Fair Use – The Alexander v. Take-Two Case
While Southern Illinois – and its concomitant U.S. District Court – isn’t necessarily a hotbed of copyright litigation, that changed last week.... Read More
7
Mar
2022
Pre-1870 Trademarks as Design Patents
Federal registration was established for trademarks, by statute, in 1870. I’ve written about this a few times, most recently in the upcoming... Read More