Property, intangible

a blog about ownership of intellectual property rights and its licensing


Section 201(e)

  • Copyright and Divorce

    I recently wrote about a little-used (or so I thought) section of the Copyright Act, Section 201(e). It is a quirky little section that prohibits involuntary government transfer of copyright in certain cases: Involuntary Transfer.— When an individual author’s ownership of a copyright, or of any of the exclusive rights under a copyright, has not… Continue reading