Legal Question in Intellectual Property in New York

are product descriptions for a generic product from a competitor’s website copyrightable?

e.g. the product ID is “chair-01”and the product description is “wooden chair, black, 12lbs”

thanks, Nathaniel


Asked on 2/09/13, 5:57 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gary Adelman Adelman Matz, P.C.

Yes. A product description is copyrightable. However, the generic nformation is not. As an example, the way the phone book lists addresses is copyrightable, but the addresses themselves are not

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Answered on 2/09/13, 6:06 pm


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