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Copyright and the Game of Thrones

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon September 4, 2017March 13, 2022in America, author rights, authors, Congress, Copyright, Copyright Office, copyright tips, creative community, damages, federal circuit, Infringement, Innovation, intellectual property, IP, IP law, IP tips, litigation, statutory damag

The enormous popularity of HBO's Game of Thrones has driven many into a frenzy. Just as the Night King appropriated Daenerys Targaryen's dead dragon for his own uses, many viewers think that GoT episodes should be freely available for their own uses. …

Roberts Rules of Order

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon May 30, 2017March 13, 2022in alice, America, antitrust, author rights, authors, CLS v Alice, Copyright, copyright tips, damages, Infringement, Innovation, Innovation for Improving Lives, intellectual property, Inventors, IP, IP law, IP tips, les, licensing, licensing executives society, litigation, patent damages, software patent, Supreme Court Rulings, Uncategorized, United States Patent & Trademark Office, USPTO

The Supreme Court has been quite active fine-tuning the patent system and deboning the law of the Federal Circuits for many years. Today is no exception. In Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc. (May 30, 2017), Chief Justice Roberts…

Copyrights for the Creative Community

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon September 12, 2016March 13, 2022in author rights, authors, Copyright, copyright tips, creative community, Infringement, intellectual property, IP, IP law, IP tips, Supreme Court Rulings, Uncategorized

For those in the Washington, DC area, I am speaking on the basics of Copyright for authors, videographers, and other artists for the Montgomery County Media group at Montgomery County Television in Rockville, MD tomorrow, September 13, 2016 starting at 6:30…