David Baker
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David Baker
- Oct 3
- 4 min
PRACTICAL IP - The Public Domain
It (probably) isn’t what you think The "public domain" refers to a body of creative works, inventions, and knowledge that is not...
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David Baker
- Sep 30
- 2 min
Fables free for all
He couldn’t afford litigation, so creator Bill Willingham put Fables in the public domain In an unexpected twist, Bill Willingham, the...
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David Baker
- Sep 21
- 7 min
Ravensburger magically releases Lorcana at GenCon 2023 despite IP infringement lawsuit
Competitor Upper Deck has filed suit and tried to prevent the release In a fascinating legal battle that has caught the attention of the...
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David Baker
- Apr 6
- 2 min
IKEA can’t take a joke
Unless you count their ginormous do-it-yourself furniture stores as a joke As much as any trip to an IKEA furniture superstore may seem...
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David Baker
- Aug 16, 2022
- 4 min
'Fair use' isn't what most people think
IP LAW FUNDAMENTALS Fair use isn't what most people think it is. Ask someone about the doctrine of "fair use" and they're most likely to...
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David Baker
- Apr 24, 2021
- 2 min
Google v. Oracle Ends with Bizarre SCOTUS Decision
On April 5, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a long-awaited decision in the contentious copyright battle between tech giants...
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David Baker
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
Art World Embraces Non-Fungible Tokens
Just when you thought it was impossible for the art world to get any weirder, this happens: A non-fungible token (or “NFT”) of a digital...
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David Baker
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Banksy On Fire ... Just Not Literally
Luckily, there are always new developments in the IP world to keep us distracted. Whether it was street artist Banksy’s recent social...
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David Baker
- Mar 2, 2021
- 1 min
Ninth Circuit Favors Seuss Over Star Trek
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a publishing company, ComicMix, LLC, was in the wrong when it published a...
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David Baker
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
Passage of COVID Relief Bill Changes Copyright Law
Last month, the CASE Act was signed into law by President Trump as part of the massive 5,593-page, $1.4-trillion omnibus spending and...
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David Baker
- Jan 27, 2020
- 2 min
Copyright Fundamentals
Copyright protects "original works of authorship" that are fixed in "a tangible form of expression." The fixed form does not have to be...
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David Baker
- Nov 15, 2018
- 4 min
'Fair use' isn't what most people think
IP LAW FUNDAMENTALS Fair use isn't what most people think it is. Ask someone about the doctrine of "fair use" and they're most likely to...
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