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Jennifer Jenkins

Clinical Professor of Law (Teaching)
School of Law
Duke Box 90360, Durham, NC 27708
210 Science Dr, Rm 1015 Law School, Durham, NC 27708

In the News


Published January 22, 2025
From Philosophy to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Duke Authors Cover Big Topics
Published January 1, 2024
Mickey Mouse, Disney, and the Public Domain: a 95-year Love Triangle
Published January 1, 2024
What Entered the Public Domain on New Year's Day
Published December 27, 2022
These Movies, Books and Music Are Entering the Public Domain on New Year's Day
Published January 1, 2022
Public Domain 2022: What We're Gaining in Music, Movie and Literature
Published August 31, 2021
Copy This Book! Law Faculty Offer New Textbooks for Free
Published June 15, 2021
10 Books About Music from Duke Authors
Published January 2, 2021
'The Great Gatsby' Enters the Public Domain. We Still Must Wait for 'Mary Poppins'
Published January 2, 2020
Welcome 'Rhapsody in Blue' to the Public Domain
Published December 29, 2018
Two Decades Later Than Expected, These Great Works Join the Public Domain
Published January 2, 2018
From Catch-22 to Breakfast at Tiffanys: The Erosion of the Public Domain
Published April 1, 2017
The Creative Power of Musical Borrowing and the Efforts to Control It
Published June 23, 2016
‘Stairway to Heaven’ trial: did Led Zeppelin borrow their biggest hit?
Published January 4, 2016
Jennifer Jenkins on American copyright law: ‘Films are literally rotting in their cans’
Published September 29, 2015
Jennifer Jenkins comments on case invalidating copyright claim to ‘Happy Birthday’
Published January 15, 2015
What Movies, Songs and Books Could Have Entered the Public Domain This Month?
Published July 30, 2014
Duke professors looking to make legal texts affordable
Published June 16, 2014
Duke Law's Jennifer Jenkins discusses the ambiguous battle over Public Domain Law
Published January 5, 2014
Congress Shrugged
Published August 23, 2013
I have a copyright: The problem with MLK's speech