The U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Lanham Act Does Not Require Attribution For Works Embodying Public Domain Materials (2003)
Friday, 05 September 2003
In June this year, the Supreme Court held that section 43(a) of the Lanham Act does not bar the uncredited copying of a work whose copyright has expired. The producer of “copies” is considered the “origin” of those “goods” within the meaning of the statute, and the producer of those goods neither falsely designates its
- Published in Copyright Law, Dastar, False Designation of Origin, Intellectual Property Law, Lanham Act, Moral Rghts, Section 43(a), Trademark Law
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Resale Royalties In The United States For Fine Visual Artists (1993)
Friday, 05 March 1993
By Elliott Alderman (Note: Although footnotes have been omitted from this version, the article is available in its entirety on WESTLAW.) I. Introduction On December 1, 1990, President Bush signed into law the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990, which was generally effective on June 1, 1991, and extends to visual artists the federal moral