Victor Gorsky-Mochalov @VGM@mas.to

How can lawyers and IT companies help the world to fight the pamdemiс?

Join Open COVID Pledge!

https://opencovidpledge.org/

#opencovidpledge #pandeic #COVID19 #law #lawyers #IT #IP #intellectualproperty #patent #trademark #copyright

My friend called me just to support me and say that he approves my recent decision, which everyone else think is bad and crazy idea.

Such friends are invaluable.

#FollowFriday

It's not easy to find and follow people who write about things I'm interested in Mastodon. I would be very grateful If you can get me some recommendations who to follow 🙏

I like posts about:

®️ #IntellectualProperty: #copyright, #copyleft, #trademarks, #patent law, etc.

🎨 #ArtHistory

🎸 #PunkRock, #Grunge, any good #music

⚖️ #Constitucional law, #HumanRights

👥 #Sociology

and any other things you guess I would be interested :)

(Boosts are appreciated 🍀)

#FollowFriday

2 musicians I discovered in Mastodon and recommend to listen and follow:

🎹 @kiki

🎸 @Buckythesheep

#music #mastomusic

What do you think about registering your face as a trademark?
King Camp Gillette, an inventor and a founder of The Gillette Company, did it in 1906. You can find the Danish trademark with Gillette's face here: https://onlineweb.dkpto.dk/pvsonline/Varemaerke?action=109&sagID=VA%201906%2000575

The trademark is still active, so Gillette's face has legal protection even after almost century.

And you know what? On this image Gillette is with unshaven mustache! I mean, is this face appropriate for razor brand?

#trademark #Gillette #intellectualproperty

A giant choco pie! 😲

It's very inspiring to learn that some masters have made their own unique tools to create high-level masterpieces.
Just look at Weta and their Manuka! They make incredible CG and they had to create an entire program for this.

This makes me wonder whether it's possible to do really great things using ordinary tools?

https://youtu.be/C4VpGfp5pyo

#art #software #CG #Weta #Manuka #creation #tools

Last week I wrote about #OliviadeHavilland, the last star of "Gone with the Wind" (1939).
https://mas.to/@VGM/104582845262081433

The really important thing you should know is that one of key #legal cases of #cinema history is named after her.

De Havilland Law is a precedent of 1943 that allows actors to star in films of another film company, even if their contract with current company forbid it. Olivia's legal struggles have given other actors more freedom.

Read more: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/olivia-de-havilland-lawsuit-gone-with-the-wind-warner-bros-1234717146/

#history #law

COVID-19: save lives with open intellectual-property licences
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02233-4

I'm proud of being an associate at the company that supports Open COVID Pledge. We help right holders to share their intellecual property. I'm sure this will make the world better, and I'm happy to be the part of this movement.

https://claimsip.com/priority-help/

#opencovidpledge #COVID19 #corona #pandemic #intellectualproperty #IP #copyright #law #patent #trademark #freeLicense

Neil Young sues Donald Trump campaign for using his music. The musician claims that Rockin’ in the Free World and Devil’s Sidewalk were played at the president’s recent rally in Tulsa without a license.
https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/04/neil-young-sues-donald-trump-campaign-rockin-free-world

It's really funny, because 5 years ago Trump campaign manager promised they will stop using Young's music. Moreover, the used song was the same.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-campaign-well-stop-using-neil-youngs-music-34297/

🤷‍♀️

#copyright #IP #intellectualproperty #neilyoung #rock #music #trump #legal #law

Vasilina took my bed place, so I can't go to bed. Okay.
#cat #mastocats #caturnight

I've been a cool skater today. Incredibly cool. #skateordie

You can also organize a some easy way to get a trademark and patent licenses from you. This will allow you to completely control your product. For example, you can give necessary permissions to anyone, but not give it to persons you don't trust or respect.

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Let's make two conclusions:

1. Free licensing is not a panacea. If something is licensed under GNU General Public License or any of Creative Commons licenses etc., it still doesn't mean that it 100% may be copied. Please keep this in mind.

2. If you want people to know that they are allowed to copy your product freely, don't forget to add at least a promise to not sue them for a trademark or a patent infringement.

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The algorithm for profile matching is also protected by the patent. So, event if the program code of Tinder was free or Match Group's copyright to it was challenged, the Tinder's method for matching would be still protected.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20090164464A1/en?assignee=TINDER+Inc

Finally, Match Group can protect its rights through competition law and some other legal ways that don't require any registration of rights.

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