Betty boop and the return of aesthetic functionality: A bitter medicine against 'Mutant Copyrights'?

• 主要作者: CALBOLI, Irene
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• 主題: trademarks; functionality; copyrights; mutant rights; Intellectual Property Law
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2312; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4264/viewcontent/BettyBoop_ELIR_2014_afv.pdf

This article offers a brief overview of the history and developments of the doctrine of aesthetic functionality in the United States and examines the recent decisions in Fleischer Studios, Inc v AVELA, Inc. In particular, the article argues that the courts in Fleischer added an important element to...