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/PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice, a twenty-one year old organization founded by Howard University law professor,...

Our Beliefs about Intellectual Property: The undersigned groups and individuals believe that strong intellectual property (“IP”) rights are a pillar of America’s economic strength and global leadership. Policymakers must take affirmative steps to ensure that intellectual property rights in America remain strong both domestically and the gold-standard globally. Robust and predictable IP rights promote innovation and creativity by granting enforceable exclusive rights t...

An upcoming Supreme Court case could redefine how artists make art and whether they get paid for it.

Kevin Greene's ideas on America's racist copyright system used to be seen as too radical. Now he's at the center of growing calls for action

Tiffany Cunningham will be the first African American seated on the patent-focused Federal Circuit. Tiffany Cunningham WASHINGTON (CN) — The Senate confirmed Tiffany Cunningham to a seat on the Federal Circuit court Monday, by a 63-33 vote. She will be the first Black woman to serve on the patent-focused court. Cunningham’s legal career began at the U.S. Federal Circuit in 2001 where she clerked to then-judge Timothy Dyk. Cunningham also was a Kirkland & Ellis partner from 2007 until 2014, ...

January 1, 2021 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1925 are open to all! On January 1, 2021, copyrighted works from 1925 will enter the US public domain,1 where they will be free for all to use and build upon. These works include books such as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time, and Franz Kafka’s The Trial (in the original German), silent films featuring Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton, and music ranging from the jazz...