Art Law Intellectual Property Law Copyright

Art Law

Intellectual Property Law

Copyright

How do you get one?

Idea vs. Expression

Idea vs. Expression Means

Creativity and Originality

Problems

Standard of Originality

How thick is your copyright?

Doll Faces

Derivative Works

Fixed and Tangible Medium

Esquire Lamp

Esquire, Inc. v. Ringer

Policies behind Utilitarian Rule

Decorative lamps

Silk Objects

Jewelry Art

Effect of 1976 Act

Protected Rights 17 USC § 106

Infringement Elements

Element 3 – Prohibited Use

Actual Copying – the legacy of Jeff Koons

Substantial and Material Portion

Derivative Works

Potency of Derivative Work Standard

How Big a Portion?

De Minimis Use

“Made in America”

Leicester v. Warner Bros.

Problem?

Fair Use 17 USC § 107

Fair Uses

Fair Use

Examples: Education

Examples: Comment, Critique

Parodic Purpose

Transformative Requirement

Leibovitz v. Paramount

Columbia Pictures v. Miramax

Copyright Ethics

Trademark

Trademark Concepts

Trademark Concepts

Infringement - Elements

Likelihood of Confusion

Fair Uses

Parodies

Anheuser Busch v. Balducci

Cliffs Notes v. Bantam

Trade Dress and Artistic Style

Trademark Ethics

Moral Rights

Moral Rights

Moral Rights – Public Policy – Artist orientation

Moral Rights – Public Policy – Cultural Property orientation

The Right of Integrity

Right of Integrity – Comparison

Moral Rights for the USA?

VARA – Does not include

Work of Recognized Stature

Non-Visual Art