...industry, or variations of such designs, combined in a way that, considered as a whole, is not original. regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work. § 903. Ownership, transfer, licensing, and recordation (a) The exclusive rights in a mask work subject...

...expressly codified this rule when it passed the 1976 Copyright Act, which specifies that copyright does not extend to any "idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery." Patent law, with its rigorous rights but equally rigorous standards and its comparatively short twenty-year...

...pictures and other audiovisual works; 7. sound recordings; 8. architectural works; 11 and § 102 (b) In no case does copyright protection for an original...explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work." Pamela Samuleson has argued that software, similar to semiconductor chips, should receive a sui generis...

...that, cither alone or in combination, represent an "original work of authorship." The statute declares: "In no case does copyright protection for an original...explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work." Works of Artistic Craftsmanship and Designs: "Works of artistic craftsmanship" are registrable on Form...

...that, either alone or in combination, represent an "original work of authorship." The statute declares: "In no case does copyright protection for an original...explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work." Works of Artistic Craftsmanship and Designs: "Works of artistic craftsmanship" are registrable on Form...

...whichever expires first (17 USC § 302(c)). 7. Per full statutory wording, copyright protection does not extend to any 'idea, procedure, process, system, method...explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work' (17 USC 8 102(b)). 8. The first sale doctrine extends to a lawful private owner the right to sell or...

...when considered as a whole, the combination is not original. In no case does protection for mask works extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method...described, explained, illustrated or embodied in such work. This follows the general theme of the copyright law that only expressions of ideas fixed in a tangible...

...copyrighted work publicly. Copyright prevents the unauthorized copying of a work of authorship. It does not extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method...it is described, explained, illustrated or embodied within such work. Consequently, while the written protocols to a particular scientific process cannot...

...in the case of musical, dramatic, choreographic, and sculptural works. Copyright protection does not extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method...regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, or embodied. Rather, copyright protection is limited to an author s particular expression of an idea,...

...traffic flow, and use of engineering technologies. It is a fundamental principle of copyright law that "in no case does copyright protection for an original...idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation [or] concept." 17 USC § 102(b). It is only if the copier has taken the author's expression or realization...