The 1709 Blog

In 1709 (or was it 1710?) the Statute of Anne created the first purpose-built copyright law. This blog, founded just 300 short and unextended years later, is dedicated to all things copyright, warts and all.

Wednesday, 1 November 2017

What future for UK copyright after Brexit? A report on IPKat-BLACA panel discussion

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Posted by Eleonora Rosati to the IPKat  On 19 October last IPKat and the  British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association (B...

Not every pattern is protected by copyright, even if creating it involved many choices

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The Review Board of the U.S. Copyright Office (the Board) recently reviewed a second request by T.W.N. Industries (TWN) for reconsiderat...
Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Internet and Digital Media Law returns to London

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The internet has been posing a number of challenges, including with regard to exploitation and use of copyright content, and enforcement ...
Friday, 27 October 2017

THE COPYKAT - Goodbye to October and to Judge Richard Posner!

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Judge Posner Apologies for the lengthier format of this CopyKat. It has been somewhat of a copyright heavy few weeks. As such we ha...
Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Does a French copyright smell anything?

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The FIAC , the international fair of contemporary art, just ended in Paris. Its visitors were able to visit a glass cube, the OSNI , pla...
Monday, 23 October 2017

Another German decision warns against broad application of GS Media presumption for for-profit link providers

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By   Eleonora Rosati             Visual map on linking after  GS Media , available  here A few days ago this blog  reported ...

Can TV formats be protected by copyright?

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By Eleonora Rosati The allegedly infringing TV gameshow Can TV formats be protected by copyright?  While this question has ...
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