#subfeistdesigns — Public Fediverse posts

For more on #SubFeistDesigns, see: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4496762

Note that disembodied designs are already protectable under U.S. (copyright) law. This is--at least largely--about getting protection for #SubFeistDesigns

@meredithlowry #SubFeistDesigns

@meredithlowry #SubFeistDesigns

@meredithlowry #SubFeistDesigns

My latest publication, "Uncreative Designs," now live in the Duke Law Journal: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj/vol73/iss7/2/

#LawProfs #LegalScholarship #SubFeistDesigns

Judge affirms #CopyrightOffice refusal to register Bruce Munro's "Untitled sphere, stem, spike, filament 3D sculptural design" as a sculptural work:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.247666/gov.uscourts.dcd.247666.37.0.pdf

#SubFeistDesigns #Munro #Copyright #Originality

@meredithlowry Okay, so I pulled up the submitted drawing and, wow, literally just the outlines. #SubFeistDesigns

And yeah, this one is going in the folder of #SubFeistDesigns

If you've been hanging out with me for a while on here you've heard me talk about #SubFeistDesigns.

If you're interested in learning more, I just posted an updated version of my article on that topic, "Uncreative Designs" (forthcoming Duke L.J.): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4496762

#DesignPatents #LegalScholarship #LawFedi #LawProfs

@meredithlowry Oh, for Pete's sake! #SubFeistDesigns