Comments on: Can Attorney’s Copy Complaints? http://copywrite.org/2007/05/17/can-attorneys-copy-complaints/ Where intellectual property law and technology meet. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Keith Henning http://copywrite.org/2007/05/17/can-attorneys-copy-complaints/#comment-4245 Keith Henning Sun, 20 May 2007 02:57:17 +0000 http://copywrite.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/can-attorneys-copy-complaints/#comment-4245 Thanks for pointing this out. Although you feel that complaints are subject to copyright, is copying them arguably a fair use? Also, have you seen any articles on fair use of 3rd party material as evidence? Any help on this is appreciated. Thanks for pointing this out. Although you feel that complaints are subject to copyright, is copying them arguably a fair use? Also, have you seen any articles on fair use of 3rd party material as evidence? Any help on this is appreciated.

]]> By: Carolyn Elefant http://copywrite.org/2007/05/17/can-attorneys-copy-complaints/#comment-4132 Carolyn Elefant Fri, 18 May 2007 15:31:30 +0000 http://copywrite.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/can-attorneys-copy-complaints/#comment-4132 That is not the only article on the topic - I wrote about briefs and copyrights back in 2001, in anticipation of electronic aggregation of briefs for data bases. (My article appeared in Legal Times Intellectual Property Magazine (May 7, 2001), but a draft is available on line here - http://www.his.com/israel/loce/press/brief.pdf I reluctantly concluded that briefs are copyright-able, though arguably, a complaint might be more analogous to a form. That is not the only article on the topic – I wrote about briefs and copyrights back in 2001, in anticipation of electronic aggregation of briefs for data bases. (My article appeared in Legal Times Intellectual Property Magazine (May 7, 2001), but a draft is available on line here –
http://www.his.com/israel/loce/press/brief.pdf

I reluctantly concluded that briefs are copyright-able, though arguably, a complaint might be more analogous to a form.

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