Law360, New York (June 18, 2015, 5:35 PM EDT) -- Patents for motion-picture innovations date back to the first movie camera, called the "Kinetograph," patented by Thomas Edison in 1897. Since 1931, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recognized innovations contributing to motion-picture production, including many that have been patented. Viewers of this year's televised Academy Awards ceremony for artistic achievements, held on Feb. 22, 2015, saw "Birdman" awarded best picture. The academy's scientific and technical awards ceremony — briefly highlighted during that telecast — took place two weeks earlier. In contrast to the awards for artistic achievements, the scientific and technical awards are not limited to work introduced in the prior calendar year. Instead, they include achievements that "demonstrate a proven record of contributing significant value to the process of making motion pictures."[1]...
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