The phrase "porta est nasciturus" is a Latin expression that translates to "the door is born," and it has been interpreted as a fundamental concept in the development of U.s. intellectual property law.
The United States has two main types of copyright law: book and sound recordings, as well as digital works. Understanding the different categories of intellectual property helps to clarify how U.s. laws apply.
The concept of "porta est nasciturus" has been interpreted to mean that any new work is born with a certain level of copyright protection, regardless of who created it or when it was first published.