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U.S. ADVERTISING OVERVIEW WRITTEN BY PETER SLOANE AND RACHEL WEISS PUBLISHED BY PRACTICAL LAW
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“WORKS MADE FOR HIRE” UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW
December 10, 2013PETER SLOANE AND JONATHAN THOMAS WRITE ABOUT COPYRIGHT LAW FOR FEDERAL BAR COUNCIL
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An article by Peter Sloane and Jonathan Thomas about the work for hire doctrine under U.S. copyright law has just been published in the Federal Bar Council Quarterly. See
http://goo.gl/Ycc5j0. The piece discusses the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Marvel Characters, Inc. v. Lisa Kirby, a case closely watched in the comic book industry and more generally among artists and publishers.