Month: March 2013

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court overturned a controversial Second Circuit opinion and held that the first sale doctrine applies to a copyrighted work lawfully made abroad. This case, Kirstaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, is one that has been closely followed by many copyright scholars and publishers alike due to

One key aspect of protecting a trademark is policing the mark. A failure to police a mark may render the mark owner’s trademark unprotectable if another party begins infringing the mark without recourse, especially if the activity goes on unchallenged for a long period of time. However, a recent ruling by the

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories at various times between 1887 and 1927. Leslie S. Klinger is a living expert on the mystery and thriller genres in literature, including the Canon of Sherlock Holmes. The Canon “refers to the four (4) novels and fifty-six (56) stories by Sir Arthur