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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. …

The Importance of Pi

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon March 14, 2017March 13, 2022in Pi, Uncategorized

Today is National Pi Day because the numbers of the day (3-14) match the first three digits for Pi, which is both an irrational and a transcendental number, i.e., the number is not a ratio or a root of any…

Beyond the Alice Event Horizon: the spaghettification of software patenting

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon April 9, 2016March 13, 2022in CLS v Alice, intellectual property, Inventors, IP, IP law, les, licensing, licensing executives society, litigation, software patent, Supreme Court Rulings, Uncategorized

For anyone interested in learning more about the state of affairs for software patents now two years after the Supreme Court Alice decision, I am giving a free webinar this Thursday, April 13, 2016, at 1 PM EST USA on…