{"id":16658,"date":"2018-06-19T22:20:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T22:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=16658"},"modified":"2018-06-20T00:36:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T00:36:08","slug":"public-domain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=16658","title":{"rendered":"public domain – government-owned land, or a composition, devise, or process so well known and in such common use, or explicitly dedicated, so as not to be patentable"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This page is continued from Property<\/a> >>>> Ownership<\/a>\u00a0>>>> Related Terms<\/a>\u00a0>>>> Domain<\/a>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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public domain<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(17c)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Government-owned land.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Hist<\/em>. Government lands that are open to entry and settlement. \u00a0* Today virtually all federal lands are off limits to traditional entry and settlement.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> Intellectual property<\/em>. <\/span><\/span>The universe of inventions and creative works that are not protected by intellectual-property rights and are therefore\u00a0<\/span>available<\/span>\u00a0for anyone to use\u00a0without charge. \u00a0* \u00a0When copyright, trademark, patent, or trade-secret rights are lost or expire,t he intellectual property they had protected becomes part of the public domain and can be appropriated by anyone without\u00a0<\/span>liability<\/span>\u00a0for infringement.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The public lands of the United States or of a state. Barker v. Harvey<\/em>, 181 US 481, 490, 45 L Ed 963, 968, 21 S Ct 690<\/span>; People v Shearer<\/em>, 30 Cal 645, 658<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Literary, musical, or dramatic compositions so dedicated to the public as not to be subject to copyright. 18 Am J2d Copyr\u00a0\u00a7 42<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A devise or process so well known and in such common use as not to be patentable. 40 Am J1st Pat\u00a0\u00a7 25<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Land owned by the United States or by state.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0See Bureau of Land Management<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. In copyright law, a literary composition or other work that has not been copyrighted or with respect to which the copyright has expired.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Excerpt from 1 J. Thomas McCarthy’s McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u00a7 \u00a01.01[2], at 1-3 (3d. ed. 1996):<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0“[P]ublic domain is the status of an invention, creative work, commercial symbol, or any other creation that is not protected by any form of intellectual property. \u00a0Public domain is the rule: intellectual property is the exception.<\/span>“<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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