Archive for the ‘Copyright, Trademark, Intellectual Property’ Category
THE ANNALS OF COPYRIGHT NUMBER 3
What Is Copyright Infringement? Copyright infringement has two sides: a) protecting your own copyrighted material and b) avoiding violations of another’s copyrighted work. The U.S. Copyright Act, section 106, gives a copyright owner exclusive rights to the control of an original work, including reproducing it, publicly displaying it, publicly performing it, making derivative works, and […]
THE ANNALS OF COPYRIGHT NUMBER 2
You May Have a Copyrighted Work and Don’t Know It If you have ever written a story, poem, novel, essay, research paper, or song, taken a photograph or video, performed music, or been in a play or a film, you were at some point a copyright owner. However, you may not still own those rights […]
WHAT IS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY?
Have you ever created anything? Invented something? Designed something? Created a logo or a name that identifies your products or services? Written a song? Painted a picture? Taken a photograph? Perhaps you are a sculptor or a songwriter or you write blogs or screenplays. If you’ve done any of these things, then you have owned […]
THE ANNALS OF COPYRIGHT NUMBER 1
When In Doubt, Choose Contracts Over Lunch In a 1990 copyright decision over a sci-fi flick featuring alien frozen yogurt enslaving the human race (yes, that is correct), federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski noted that the producer defendant — a “low-budget horror movie mogul” – justified his attempt to use another’s […]
COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
How Long Are Copyrights Protected? Not So “Elementary, My Dear Watson!” Copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and patents are “intellectual property,” as compared with “real property” or real estate –land and buildings – or “personal property” – other physical property. A company’s intellectual property is often its most valuable asset. Thus of course, ensuring maximum protection […]