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Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Please see my legal guide which has a step by step discussion on how to...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

As for your pictures, read the Copyright Office fact sheet about registering...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

First, copyrights don't protect products or ideas, they protect expressions of...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

Query: If I publish and start selling the pieces, does the fact that I already...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Yes it seems to be true. Two decisions from the federal courts in CA In re...
Mario Sergio Golab
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Copyright and Patents are strictly federal creatures in nature. All liens...
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Gerry J. Elman
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In general, no. Under U.S. patent law, one's own disclosure of the invention,...
Jeffrey Thekdi Gedeon
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In general, you must file a patent application within one year from the first...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Most circuits, including the 9th Circuit, say that it's 3 years from when the...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

Your research is right. Under Section 507(b) of the Copyright Act. "[n]o civil...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Here's the link tto online copyright registration: http://www.copyright.gov/eco/...
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Allen Babakhanloo's answer
Contributor Level 3

Under the 1976 Copyright Act, which applies to works fixed on or after January...
Kaiser Wahab
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Contributor Level 6

Generally speaking, all demands for any type of action pursuant to a breached...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Even if you're not currently selling anything associated with your logo, if you'...
Laura Mcfarland-Taylor
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Contributor Level 8

I agree with Ms Koslyn - you should speak with a trademark attorney about...
David Hamlin Madden
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Contributor Level 4

Both lenses and frames (either individually or together) may be protected by...
Bernard Samuel Klosowski Jr.
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Contributor Level 4

As an initial matter, company names and specific facts should not be used in...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

If the lines between right and wrong were clear then human history would be...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

If you register a domain name without the intent to use it yourself but with...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Do an Avvo search for "sports teams" and "team colors" to see all the other...
Kaiser Wahab
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Contributor Level 6

The short answer to this question is yes. This is especially the case if you...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Wikipedia's textual content is copyrighted, but you can reuse it with a license....
Mario Sergio Golab
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Contributor Level 5

Wikipedia is copyrighted. You probably could take a textual definition and use...
Pamela Koslyn
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Recipes themselves aren't copyrightable, so online recipes aren't giving...
Jeffrey Thekdi Gedeon
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No, for a couple of reasons. 1) it would be challenging to receive a...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

The following is not legal advice and should not be relied upon to take or...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

It's ok to use quotes, they're public domain in the sense that they're not...
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Imran Farooq Vakil
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Dear Chicago, IL, One should take a letter from a law firm seriously. Often...
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Contributor Level 6

Beware that this is not an online scam. Next, if the law firm continues to...
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Kaiser Wahab
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Contributor Level 6

The first thing you should check and see is whether you had your employee sign...
Robert John Murillo
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Contributor Level 7

This is a complex issue and requires careful review of many more facts than you...
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Pamela Koslyn
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It's quite difficult to get something trademarked - in fact, something like...
Ronald Ethan Perez
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Please see - http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/index.jsp. Ron Perez
Bernard Samuel Klosowski Jr.
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Once you "wrote" the source code you had a "common law" copyright. However, to...
Kaiser Wahab
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Contributor Level 6

To add to the other post, which absolutely correct, you should be keenly aware...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Trademark examining attorneys have no discretion to extend the time for filing...
Kenneth Eric Sharperson
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Contributor Level 1

What issues were raised in the office action? Maybe the response is simple....
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

As soon as a qualifying "work of authorship" is created and fixed onto some...
Pamela Koslyn
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See the Copyright Office's circular linked below for what types of works can...

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