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A team of management and producers wants to sign me..Management wants 30% and producers want 66% of copyrights..is this crazy?
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Answered on July 16, 2012
Although they would argue that they plan to take the financial risk with paying for marketing you, I personally would be very hesitant to sign...
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Does the new patent reform law speed up application process?
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Answered on July 12, 2012
I don't see the act speeding up the application process in any way, unless the US patent office is able to get the funding they need to hire more...
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First-to-file provisions make copying easy?
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Answered on July 12, 2012
As was noted, the new law is first inventor to file. As long as you can prove that an applicant derived their application from your invention, you...
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Is converting a youtube video to mp3 legal
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Answered on May 24, 2012
As the other responders pointed out, making a copy of a musical work is illegal. There is no difference from what you are proposing, and making a...
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Patent Pending Query?
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Answered on May 10, 2012
As has been stated, there are a lot of missing facts that might be relevant. For example, there may already be an assignment in place or a...
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My Liability for the youtube based app I have created..
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Answered on March 27, 2012
Providing an index to YouTube videos should not be considered a high risk activity. First of all, you are not uploading any of the content to...
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Can I photocopy my bought pattern and give it to my friend so that she can knit the garment for herself.
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Answered on March 26, 2012
My gut feeling about this would be that you could not make a photocopy for your friend. It's kind of like copying music. You are more than...
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Protecting My Recipe
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Answered on March 26, 2012
As was stated, patent protection and trade secret protection are two options for you. My experience is that getting a patent on a recipe is going...
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I'm confused about patening intellectual property. Is there another way to protect unique code and algorythms?
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Answered on March 20, 2012
As was already stated, copyright is one option for protecting the code itself. However, copyright does not protect the functionality of your...
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If I use different products from various companies (M and Ms, Chex, Hersey's choc.) to create a candy product, can I sell it?
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Answered on March 19, 2012
There is a principle with intellectual property that allows a person who lawfully purchases a product, to then use that product as a component or...
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