The most anticipated entry to the public domain, “Steamboat Willie,” an animated short featuring and early incarnation of Mickey Mouse, became available royalty-free to all
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Franchise Movie “I.P.” is Not the Villain – Audiences Can Still Call The Shots
Intellectual property associated with character-driven franchise movies like Barbie, Iron Man and The Avengers is being blamed for killing off films about real characters and relationships.
Copyrighted Books, Movies, Songs and other Works from 1927 Became Public Domain this Week
What do Virginia Woolf’s ‘To The Lighthouse” and the final Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, the German science-fiction film ‘Metropolis’ and Alfred Hitchcock’s
Invention Licensing Today May Be Easier for Some Without Patents Than With
The news in much of the inventing community is often doom and gloom, but for Stephen Key, a successful creator and entrepreneur, the opportunities faced
Disney Sues to Invalidate Copyright Return Notices Filed by the Creators of Marvel Universe Characters
The Walt Disney Company is under pressure to return rights to perhaps the most iconic and valuable character franchise, the Marvel Superhero Universe, to many
Large Numbers of Blockchain Shopping and Payment Patents are Waiting to Issue
More global blockchain patents have been published and are preparing to issue in transactions and e-commerce than have been issued over the past several years.