TinEye Reverse Image Search
Interesting tool. Lets you upload an image (such as a client’s logo or copyrighted work) and the tool searches the Internet for similar photos/images. [Examples]
Tag Archive: copyright
TinEye Reverse Image Search
Are Patent Drawings Public Domain?
“Patents are published as part of the terms of granting the patent to the inventor. Subject to limited exceptions reflected in 37 CFR 1.71(d) & (e) and 1.84(s), the text and drawings of a patent are typically not subject to copyright restrictions.” See: http://www.uspto.gov/main/ccpubguide.htm
However:
37 CFR 1.84(s) Copyright or Mask Work Notice (§ 1.71(d) [...]
Delicious Copyright URLs
I’m a HUGE fan of del.icio.us. I tag stuff every day (or so it seems). I dawned on me earlier that my old del.icio.us tags are a gold mine of great links for my readers. So…let’s start with some delicious copyright URLs:
Internet Cases » A guide to registering the copyright in your [...]
Slick sliding animation for helping you determine if a copyrighted work is in the public domain
Via the American Library Association’s Copyright Advisory Network Digital Copyright Slider.
See also their Fair Use Checklist (pdf).
Did you know that most books published between 1923 and 1963 are in the public domain?
At least that is what Google, in reviewing Copyright renewals is finding. See Google Book Search Blog on US copyright renewal records available for download.
Google’s latest announcement (the topic of that post) was scraping together a 56MB XML file (zipped) containing a list of the books that were not renewed.
The [...]
Google Image Labeler … Community Intellectual Property Cops?
Google has a new “product” in beta. Called the “Google Image Labeler,” it is “a feature of Google Search that allows you to label images and help improve the quality of Google’s image search results.” You are partnered with another person and are shown a series of images over a two-minute period. [...]
Flowcharts on IP for Clients…
Add this to my to do list! Law Department Management blog on “Uses of flow charts and short summaries, including to explain choices to clients.”
Reminds me of: Erik J. Heels’ “Drawing that Explains Copyright Law,” or Bromberg-Sunstein’s “Flowchart for determining when U.S. copyrights in fixed works expire.”
Know of any others out there? [...]
Listen to Internet Radio? Not for long.
I’m a big fan of Pandora. I’ve even bought a number of CDs of artists I found via Pandora (The Black Keys, Gotan Project, others). I’ve also listened to Internet radio stations via iTunes, last.fm, WinAmp and others. I love Internet Radio. I listen to it at home. I listen [...]
Copyright Graphical Flowchart
This is worth checking out…a very interesting visual explanation of U.S Copyright Law.
Copyright Navigator
A Digital Annotated Concept Map of the Fundamentals of U.S. Copyright Law
by Lionel S. Sobel
Professor, Southwestern University School of Law
Editor, Entertainment Law Reporter
Idaho IP Lawsuits
One of the excellent services we offer over that Rethink(IP) is called RSS Mojo…a blend of pay and free listings of recently filed patent, trademark and copyright lawsuits.
In example…here is a listing of the IP cases filed in Idaho (Federal) in the past few weeks:
Coldwater Creek Inc et al Vs. Online Reward Center et al 2:2006cv00307
Electronic Controls [...]
