Re: Copyright or Trademark a Program?

From: Mark Lemley <MLEMLEY[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:42:25 -0600

On 03/17/1999, Kerry L. Konrad <k_konrad[_at_]stblaw.com> wrote:
>
> Whatever can Assoc. Prof. Clifford be referring to as "state
> copyright law"?
>


States are entitled to give their own copyright protection to unfixed works ineligible for federal protection. [Query whether many such works exist anymore].

See, eg, Estate of Hemingway v. Random House, 244 NE2d 250 (Ct. App. NY 1968).

Mark Lemley
<mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu> Received on Thu Mar 18 1999 - 18:34:45 GMT

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