Copyrightability
- May 11, 2016
Characters and Copyright Protection
Gerald M. Levine, co-author It would be unusual in a work of any genre for every part to be protected…
- October 26, 2014
Characters As Protectable Assets Do Not Survive Copyright Termination
Co-author Gerald M. Levine Characters as protectable assets do not survive copyright termination of the works in which they appear…
- November 29, 2011
Copyrightability of Generic Elements in a Copyrighted Work
Co-author Gerald M. Levine Unprotected elements in a copyrighted work affects the copyrightability of those elements alone. The copyright does…
- November 10, 2011
Titles, Words and Short Phrases (Q&A)
Co-author Gerald M. Levine Titles, Words and Short Phrases are not copyrightable although contextualized they may become so. The answer…
- October 8, 2011
What Is Copyright Infringement?
In assessing claims for copyright infringement similarity is not enough. Verbatim copying is clearly infringes but the standard needed to…
- October 1, 2011
Copyright Protection Extends to Expressive Material
Co-author Gerald M. Levine Copyright protection extends to expressive material. Strings of effectively arranged letters, words, phrases, clauses, sentences and…
- September 9, 2011
Damages and Penalties for Copyright Infringement
Co-author Gerald M. Levine Copyright infringement has consequences. The Copyright Act protects the integrity of an author's work by granting…