http://ipnetcast.com/brentbritton/2009/01/13/todays-business-idea-the-expired-ip-feed/ Brent Britton, Intellectual Property Atty. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://ipnetcast.com/brentbritton/2009/01/13/todays-business-idea-the-expired-ip-feed/comment-page-1/#comment-8 bcjb Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:35:38 +0000 http://ipnetcast.com/brentbritton/2009/01/13/todays-business-idea-the-expired-ip-feed/#comment-8 Hi Perry. In the UK, it turns out, the copyrights from that period did expire en masse at end of year. Hi Perry. In the UK, it turns out, the copyrights from that period did expire en masse at end of year.

]]> http://ipnetcast.com/brentbritton/2009/01/13/todays-business-idea-the-expired-ip-feed/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Perry McDowell Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:25:49 +0000 http://ipnetcast.com/brentbritton/2009/01/13/todays-business-idea-the-expired-ip-feed/#comment-7 I saw something around New Year's saying that the IP of authors who died in 1958 was finally in the public domain, so for copyright (and I believe that this was UK copyright law) I got the impression that they all expired at the end of the year, rather than on the day they are granted. I saw something around New Year’s saying that the IP of authors who died in 1958 was finally in the public domain, so for copyright (and I believe that this was UK copyright law) I got the impression that they all expired at the end of the year, rather than on the day they are granted.

]]>