By Haley Rainwater, UTRF Legal Extern Patent law is a little odd in that it creates a monopoly for the patentee for a limited time, and monopolies are generally disfavored under the law. However, this limited monopoly is considered beneficial to the public because in exchange for the patent, the patentee must teach the public (read more)
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Defining the extent of fair use to copyright infringement
By Jack Radford Pitcock, UTRF Legal Extern In Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, the U.S. Supreme Court recently made a significant ruling defining the extent of fair use to copyright infringement. Copyright is the legal right given to a creator to print, publish, sell, license, perform, film, or record their literary, artistic, or musical materials, (read more)