James Jumps; Registry Rocks

No joy for Joyce scholar

Stanford professor Carol Shloss is suing the estate of James Joyce inwards the the U.S. of A. nether copyright laws, according to the Contra Costa Times. Shloss, a Joyce scholar, wishes to role copyright fabric on her Joyce-related website together with argues that the Joyce estate has abused copyright inwards gild to foreclose her from providing scholarly comment on Joyce together with his work. She is every mo good disputation that the trustees of the Joyce estate accept destroyed materials inwards their care.

While the IPKat thinks that it’s highly unfortunate if Joycean papers accept been destroyed, he can’t come across what copyright police trace could create to halt this. The copyright defences let defendants to escape infringement actions, they create non give a positive correct to access physical materials which are protected past times copyright.


Coming upward inwards the Registry

has spotted hearings involving oppositions to the registration of the following marks inwards the Great Britain Trade Marks Registry:

* Have a Break
* Hotelsrus
* Wheels ‘R’ Us
* Small Claims R Us
* Budweiser

Full hearings diary here