Intellectual Property Law

Chapter 10 Internet Resources Solutions

1. Access the website of the Copyright Office and review Circular 34 to answer the
following questions:

• Is the singer Pink’s stage name copyrightable? No, it isn’t.

• Is the name of Pink’s band copyrightable? No, it isn’t.

2. Access the website of the Copyright Office and review Factsheet FL 103 to
answer the following questions:

• Is a T-shirt copyrightable? No, it isn’t.

• Is art work showing a dragon that is printed on a T-shirt
copyrightable? Yes, it is.

• Is an airplane copyrightable? No, it isn’t.

• Is an airplane model copyrightable? Yes, it is.

3. Access the website of the Copyright Office and then access the Compendium of
U.S. Copyright Office Practices. Review Chapter 300, Section 313.2 to answer
the following questions:

• Is a painting by an elephant copyrightable? No, it isn’t.

• Is a claim based on driftwood smoothed by the ocean copyrightable?
No, it isn’t.

• Is a photograph reduced from 5 x 7 inches to 4 x 6 inches
copyrightable? No, it isn’t.

4. Access the website of the Copyright Office and then access the Compendium of
U.S. Copyright Office Practices. Review the Glossary. What is a “collective
work”?
A collective work is a work such as a periodical issue, anthology, or
encyclopedia in which a number of contributions, constituting
separate and independent works in themselves, are assembled into a
collective whole. A collective work is a form of compilation.

5. Access Columbia University’s Copyright Advisory Office website at
http://copyright.columbia.edu. Examine the home page. Are you free to copy the
material on this website? Discuss.
Yes. There is a notice at the bottom of the home page, left side, which
states that the material on the site is subject to a Creative Commons
license, meaning that users have permission to copy, redistribute, and
adapt the materials.