How do I protect the copyrightable elements of a 1st edition of a work if all copies have been destroyed?

That is a very astute question. You understand correctly that a registration of the 2d edition covers only the added creative content of the 2d...

Hello: In writing a book that deals with wartime correspondence can I publish unnamed brief sentences from letters?

If these are unpublished, the Copyright lasts the lifetime of their author plus 70 years. Given soldiers would likely average say 25 years old and...

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Can I sue in civil court for intellectual property past royalties? And then again or at the same time for master use rights.

If by "civil court" you mean state court, NO. Copyright infringement cases must be in US District Court (Federal court) and even then only if you...

Social media networking website for students to be recruited to college and potential lawsuit

Sounds like a brain fart, frankly. For the reasons stated by Attorney Doland, this seems doomed from the start. I don't think schools will pay you...

How is it that flea markets that are know to sell bootlegged everything can stay in business? What loop hole am I missing here.

The loophole is the law of "non-infinite resources". The brand name companies do not have infinite resources, so they have to prioritize their...

How would I protect a recipe I developed? Thanks for any advice.

There are two ways to protect your recipe: (1) hire an IP attorney who knows how to do it, and (2) follow the advice of that IP attorney. The IP...

If you re-pin a photo to your own board in Pinterest, isn't that copyright infringement?

I think copyright infringement is not a good way to exhibit art talent. It is not that hard to get permission from those pinning photos on...

I got several copyright infrigements notices what should i do

I suggest you see an IP attorney that has experience with these CEG-TEK demand letters. I bet you are wrong, by the way, and the notices came from...

I would like to assign or to sell a recent utility patent application because I am not interested to develop the product myself.

OK, good for you. You would like to have someone else buy your undeveloped invention, do all the development work, market testing, production,...

Copyrighted photo

Well you are misinformed. If someone takes a photo and puts it online, it IS protected by copyright law automatically to the extent it is original....