<P> On February 25, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 2 - 1 that Frank Gaylord, sculptor of a portion of the Korean War Veterans Memorial, was entitled to compensation when an image of that sculpture was used on a 37 cent postage stamp because he had not signed away his intellectual property rights to the sculpture when it was erected . The appeals court rejected arguments that the photo was transformative . In 2006 sculptor Frank Gaylord enlisted Fish & Richardson to make a pro bono claim that the Postal Service had violated his Intellectual property rights to the sculpture and thus should have been compensated . The Postal Service argued that Gaylord was not the sole sculptor (saying he had received advice from federal sources--who recommended that the uniforms appear more in the wind) and also that the sculpture was actually architecture . Gaylord won all of his arguments in the lower court except for one: the court ruled the photo was fair use and thus he was not entitled to compensation . Gaylord appealed and won the case on appeal . The case can now either be appealed to the United States Supreme Court or damages can be assessed by the lower court . </P> <P> Later in the 2010, automated stamp and bank automatic teller machines began dispensing thinner stamps . The thin stamps were to make it easier for automated stamp machines to dispense and to make the stamps more environmentally friendly . </P> <P> On January 26, 2014, the postal service raised the price of First - class postage stamps to 49 cents . Rates for other mail, including postcards and packages, also increased . </P> <P> Twelve criteria for new stamps and postal stationery include that "events of historical significance shall be considered for commemoration only on anniversaries in multiples of 50 years ." For many years, these included the restriction that "no postal item will be issued sooner than five years after the individual's death," with an exception provided for stamps memorializing recently deceased U.S. Presidents . In September 2011, however, the postal service announced that, in an attempt to increase flagging revenues, stamps would soon offer images of celebrated living persons, chosen by the Committee in response to suggestions submitted by the public via surface mail and social networks on the Internet . The revised criterion reads: "The Postal Service will honor living men and women who have made extraordinary contributions to American society and culture ." </P>

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