Earlier this month, I wrote that President Obama planned to sign the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015. Since that piece was posted, the President signed the Act, and now trademark and copyright owners have won a significant battle to protect their intellectual property. The Act specifies the information U.S. Customs and Border …
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“Happy Birthday” lyrics – the copyright party is over
Judge George H. King of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently ruled that Warner-Chappell Music does not own a valid copyright in the lyrics to “Happy Birthday.” The decision came in a class action case brought by a group of plaintiffs, which like many others before, were compelled to pay a …
- September 29, 2015
- Alex Cook
