Ask Dr. Copyright

Ask Dr. Copyright is a monthly column that tackles common misconceptions in the areas of intellectual property law especially, copyright.

27Nov 2013

Ask Dr. Copyright …

November 27, 2013 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright

Dear Doc: While searching online, I came across thousands of books – not on Amazon.com, but on Google! I could actually read the pages of those books because the words matched what I had searched, and most of the books were scanned right from the library. That’s cool – and really useful, but I thought […]

31Jul 2013

Ask Dr. Copyright – What’s Fair Use?

July 31, 2013 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright

Dear Doc: I know you’ve explained the legal concept of “fair use” before, but I have a question about that. Does it infringe an author’s copyright in a book to paraphrase one sentence from the book in a movie, if you give credit to the author, or is it fair use? Sincerely, Absolom Absolom, Mississippi […]

29Jun 2013

Ask Dr. Copyright … Happy Birthday to Dr. Copyright

June 29, 2013 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright

Dear Doc: I took my daughter out to dinner for her birthday at a local eatery (that’s what they call a restaurant when they want to charge more for the same old burritos) and at the end of the meal, all of the servers gathered around, slapped a sombrero on her head, and sang some […]

30May 2013

Ask Dr. Trademark… FDA Regulates Names for Drugs

May 30, 2013 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright, Trademark

(Dr. Copyright is off this month – although some might say that he’s always been a bit off – so our very own Dr. Trademark has stepped to the plate to hit more of your burning legal questions out of the park.) Dear Doc.: I was given a prescription for Noroxin to treat a UTI, […]

30Apr 2013

Ask Dr. Copyright…Aero Inc.

April 30, 2013 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright

Dear Doc: I used to have “rabbit ears” on my TV. On stormy nights, I had to stand “just so” near the left ear to see channel 17, but other than that, it worked just fine. Then the electronics companies and the gub’ment told me that I needed “digital” TV or cable. Now, I like […]

28Mar 2013

Ask Dr. Copyright — A case of “standing”

March 28, 2013 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright, Litigation

Dear Doc: I’ve been listening to NPR, and when they talk about Supreme Court cases, they talk about someone standing around, and how much that matters to all them old folks on the Court. Then they complain that folks lack standing (I guess they never heard of those tall desks like old Tom Jefferson used.) […]

30Nov 2012

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November 30, 2012 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright

Dear Doc: I heard that some insanity has recently infected the Republican Study Committee, when it published a memo with the exciting title of “Three Myths About Copyright Law and Where To Start To Fix It”. What gives? Signed, M. Mouse Dear M: A young staffer at the RSC, Derek Khanna, wrote about our broken […]

28Sep 2012

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September 28, 2012 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright, Patent, Trademark

Dear Doc: I have heard that there is something called “trade dress” that can be legally protected, and that it’s different from trade mark and also from design patent and copyright? What gives? Signed, Sam Sung Dear Sam: Trade dress is pretty broadly defined as the visual impression created by the sum of all elements […]

31Jul 2012

Ask Dr. Copyright (Summer Reading Edition)

Dear Doc: I’m going to the beach and I am tired of re-reading old spy novels. Know any exciting books about intellectual property law? Signed, Eccentric Beachbum Dear EB: Absolutely! The “Doc” just loves a good suspenseful mystery, and in the Doc’s opinion, there is none better than William Rosen’s The Most Powerful Idea in […]

31May 2012

Ask Dr. Copyright

Dear Doc: I have heard several of my friends say that university copyright policies are complicated and are a “bear” to deal with. What, exactly, does that mean? Your friend, Yogi Dear Yogi: Many colleges and universities have so-called “intellectual property policies” that they say apply to student-created work. Many of these policies say that […]

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Ask Dr. Copyright – What’s Fair Use?

Ask Dr. Copyright … Happy Birthday to Dr. Copyright

Ask Dr. Trademark… FDA Regulates Names for Drugs

Ask Dr. Copyright…Aero Inc.

Ask Dr. Copyright — A case of “standing”

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Ask Dr. Copyright (Summer Reading Edition)

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