A Copyright Holder’s Protection May Not, By Use of the Ordinary Observer Test, Be Extended to Cover Ideas

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dc.creatorFloyd, Joseph Thad, Jr.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-19T19:35:05Z
dc.date.available2018-09-19T19:35:05Z
dc.date.issued1972
dc.description.abstractDefines the distinction between a copyright and a patent. By using the Rosenthal case as an example, the author explains that an idea cannot be copyrighted because doing so would destroy competition and withdraw it from public use, both of which are antithetical to the goal of copyright. The author continues exploring copyright by examining the court’s test of protectable idea v. unprotectable idea.en_US
dc.identifier.citation3 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 390en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346/74598
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTexas Tech Law Reviewen_US
dc.subjectCopyrighten_US
dc.subjectCopyright protectionen_US
dc.subjectIdeasen_US
dc.subjectHerbert Rosenthal Jewelry Corp. v. Kalpakianen_US
dc.subjectExpressionen_US
dc.subjectOrdinary observer testen_US
dc.subjectCase noteen_US
dc.titleA Copyright Holder’s Protection May Not, By Use of the Ordinary Observer Test, Be Extended to Cover Ideasen_US
dc.title.alternativeCopyright – A Copyright Holder’s Protection May Not, By Use of the Ordinary Observer Test, Be Extended to Cover Ideasen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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