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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. …

Celebrate World IP Day! April 26th

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon April 24, 2017March 13, 2022in Congress, Copyright, copyright tips, creative community, George Washington, Innovation, Innovation for Improving Lives, INTA, intellectual property, International Trademark Association, Inventors, IP, IP law, IP tips, les, licensing, licensing executives society, Nike, patent, PepsiCo, philosophy, software patent, thomas jefferson, trade secret, trademark, Uncategorized, United States Patent & Trademark Office, USPTO, WIPD, World Intellectual Property Day, World IP Organization

Every April 26th is World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD). This commemorative day was created many years ago by the World IP Organization in Geneva. As the Chair of the Washington, DC Chapter for the Licensing Executives Society (LES), I have been…

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…