PUSHMAN DOCTRINE
PUSHMAN DOCTRINE Pushman doctrine. Archaic. The rule that transfer of an unpublished work transfers the common-law copyright to the work along with the work itself. ? The name derives from Pushman v. New York Graphic Soc’y, Inc., 39 N.E.2d 249 (N.Y. 1942). The doctrine was rejected by ¡ì 202 of the Copyright Act of 1976, […]