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Intellectual Property

Sep. 19, 2009

Copyright That Collection!

Scott Shaw of Call Jensen & Ferrell lays out copyright registration requirements for a collection of visual art.

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By Scott Shaw

The Copyright Act allows two types of registrations for collections of visual art designs: group registrations or single work registrations. Many people, including some courts, still misunderstand the requirements for registering "collections" of visual art designs as copyrighted works. In 2005, the Third Circuit correctly analyzed the group registration requirements for visual art designs. In Kay Berry Inc. v. Taylor Gif...

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