Uncopyrightable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Uncopyrightable is an adjective meaning (copyright law) Ineligible for copyright.
Meaning
(copyright law) Ineligible for copyright.
More Meanings
- That for which no one can obtain copyright.
Example Sentences
[…] The four criteria that Congress, courts, and theorists have traditionally employed to distinguish the copyrightable from the uncopyrightable are: […]
[…] Keeton, however, resolved that it was the idea/expression dichotomy that forms the boundary line between the copyrightable and the uncopyrightable, […]
[…] to examine those director contributions that help create that overall feel and apply Judge Hand's abstractions test to filter out the uncopyrightable from the copyrightable […]
Intrinsic state doctrines are further condemned by Sears and Compco’s second principle for their tendency to extend the equivalent of copyright protection to statutory uncopyrightables.
Word Forms
- uncopyrightables
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include noncopyrightable, unpatentable, uncopyrighted, nonpatentable, noncopyrighted, non-imitated.
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