McDonald's ice cream machines get help from the feds

Josh Geller, intellectual property litigator, shared his insights with Axios Chicago regarding a new rule by the U.S. Copyright Office allowing third parties to fix commercial and industrial equipment without violating copyright law.

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"The Copyright Act doesn't care who repairs the machine," intellectual property attorney Josh Geller tells Axios. "Rules that were created to protect creators — you know, musicians and authors and all that — really should have nothing to do with people who make ice cream machines."

Resources

• Axios Chicago
• MSN.com