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Online copyright laws
- How do copyright laws apply to document sharing on on-line team collaboration sites?
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
This question needs much more detail because it's unclear what will be included ...
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Patent attorney requirements
- I have an idea and want to file a patent. Do I need to hire a patent attorney?
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
While you don't need to hire a patent attorney or patent agent, I grossly ...
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Lawyer's answer:
No. But you also do not need a pilot to fly your airplane for you either. You ...
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Trademark protection
- What are the dangers of not having a trademarked logo?
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
My colleagues have answered your question very well so there isn't much more to ...
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Lawyer's answer:
I'll assume when you say "trademarked" you are talking about registration, ...
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Music copyright
- Are Beethoven's works copyrighted? When does a music copyright expire?
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
Currently, there is no registration requirement to obtain a copyright and the ...
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Music copyright
- I burned a CD of my band's music and want to sell it at our concerts. Is there something that I can do to stop people from copying it? ...
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
You have a copyright by virtue of creation. There is no registration ...
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Lawyer's answer:
The website Mr. Campbell references at http://www.copyright.gov is also an ...
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Blogging CNN
- I want to include some news on my blog that I find on other websites, including CNN. Is it legal for me to do that?
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
Fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use ...
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Downloading songs from Internet
- I think that my son is downloading music for free from the Internet. Can I get into trouble for that? I heard that some ...
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
Yes, you can get sued for downloading music from the internet for free.
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Lawyer's answer:
On October 17, 2007, a jury in a federal district court in Minnesota found ...
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Clothing design
- I designed a new dress using my sewing machine, and would like to keep others from copying it so that I can make some money with it. What ...
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
In answering your question, I’ll first assume that the dress you seek to ...
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Lawyer's answer:
I'll add some comments to Mr. Walters' answer. Your question doesn't say where ...
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Invention at work
- I work at a biotech company, and recently thought up a great new idea for a more efficient method for an industrial process. Will I have ...
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
The short answer to your question is no, provided that you were not hired ...
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Lawyer's answer:
I don't know where you work. Some states, such as California and Washington, ...
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old books published online
- I heard that copyrights eventually expire. If that is the case, can't I publish really old books online without getting into ...
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
The book will need to be pretty old to be in the public domain. If the work ...
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Lawyer's answer:
Mark Phillip Walters' answer is an excellent one.
There are, however some "...
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copying movies
- Is it legal for me to copy DVDs that I buy just so that I'll have extra copies for my own use? I don't want to use the originals because my ...
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
While it is perfectly legal to make backup copies of your DVDs, most software ...
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bootleg movies
- When I was in Mexico, I saw some street vendors selling movies at really cheap prices. I am guessing that they are bootleg copies, but I ...
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
It is illegal to import DVDs that you know or reasonably should know are ...
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photos of stangers
- Can I sell photos that have pictures of strangers in them (taken while on vacation) without having those strangers sign releases? When ...
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
If your pictures are simply of ordinary people doing ordinary things in public, ...
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Lawyer's answer:
I agree with Mark's answer, and he provides excellent general guidelines. ...
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class notes
- Is it legal for me to take notes of college class lectures and sell them to classmates?
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Customer's answer:
*disclaimer* I have no legal history, or education. Just thought my observation ...
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You-tube video
- My friends and I want to post a video of us lip-synching to a Justin Timberlake song. Will the record company come after us for that?
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
If they did, it would be a "first." So far, the record companies are only ...
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Doh! Faux Simpsons!
- I would like to publish some comics in my school newspaper that I drew myself but look like the Simpsons. Is that OK, or do I need to ...
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
The "best" answer is: get permission. That way you can never go wrong. All ...
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MySpace
- Can I re-post whatever I find on the Internet on my MySpace page, or would that be a violation of copyright law?
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
In general, copyrights are granted to the creator of an original work in a ...
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Software rental business
- Can I start a business that rents out software for people to try and then return if they don't like it? They would have to agree ...
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
No. Computer software rental was a popular business in the late 1980s, and ...
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employee copy of software
- My employer sold me a discounted copy of a program to use at home for telecommuting (I was also allowed to use it for personal ...
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
Most software that is sold today will be accompanied by a license agreement. ...
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Star Trek book
- I would like to write a Star Trek book and try to get it published. Would I need to pay something to the Star Trek people? Could they ...
Washington.
Posted 8 months ago in Intellectual Property.
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Lawyer's answer:
The work you are proposing is regulated by the Federal Copyright law found in ...
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Lawyer's answer:
Not quite. Craig Kennedy is correct that this is a highly technical area of ...
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