Copyright Office – Van Dyke Intellectual Property Law

A Primer on Intellectual Property: The Basic Tools for You to Know

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon January 31, 2018March 13, 2022in antitrust, authors, Copyright, Copyright Office, copyright tips, Infringement, Innovation, intellectual property, Inventors, IP, IP law, IP tips, licensing, licensing executives society, litigation, patent damages, software patent, Supreme Court Rulings, trade secret, United States Patent & Trademark Office, USPTO, WIPO

Tomorrow (February 1, 2018), I am presenting a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program on the Basics of Intellectual property (IP) for the general attorney. With the value of IP assets a large factor of our economy, general practice attorneys frequently…

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. …