I'm not a lawyer, but the 1979 ruling seems to be in disagreement with Dastar v Fox[1] (2003) > The Court reasoned that although the Lanham Act forbids a rever

I'm not a lawyer, but the 1979 ruling seems to be in disagreement with Dastar v Fox[1] (2003) > The Court reasoned that although the Lanham Act forbids a reverse passing off, the rule regarding the misuse of trademarks is trumped by the fact that once a copyrighted work (or even a patented invention) passes into the public domain, anyone in the public may do anything with the work, with or without attribution to the author. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dastar_Corp._v._Twentieth_Century_Fox_Film_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dastar_Corp._v._Twentieth_Cent....