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Intellectual property law protects the creative works of authors, composers, designers, and inventors from being pirated. There are four basic categories of intellectual property: copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Generally, each category is used with different types of material and affords different protections. Copyrights protect original works of authorship from the moment they are created and fixed in a tangible form. Patents protect new and useful machines, articles, substances, or processes through exclusive rights granted by the federal government to their inventors. Trademarks protect identifying marks that distinguish goods or services, such as names, logos, designs, emblems, and distinctive sounds and smells. Trade secrets protect confidential business information or "proprietary information," such as business plans, chemical formulas, and customer lists.
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| Protecting Intellectual Property |
| Intellectual property law protects creative works from being pirated. There are four basic categories of intellectual property: copyrights, patents, trademarks and trade secrets. Each category is used with different types of material and affords different protections. |
| The Patent Process |
| Patents give inventors the exclusive right to use, make, and sell their inventions, such as new machines and processes. During National Inventors Month, it's a good time to learn how you can protect your ideas for a new product or machine through the patent process. |
| Licensing Agreements |
| In business, a written license agreement is essential to enforce your rights. A license is really nothing more than a contractual right that gives someone permission to do a certain activity or to use certain property that is owned by someone else. |
| Intellectual Property: Selecting a Good Lawyer |
| Entertainment and intellectual property law cover a very broad spectrum of legal issues involving contracts, patents, trademarks, copyrights and more. The level of expertise of lawyers specializing in these areas can vary from generalists in the field to experts in sub-specialties that may range fro |
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| Withdrawing from the recording contract, author rights? |
| I recorded the songs in Ibiza, Spain.
I recorded the acoustic versions of my songs with two musicians. In the contract the percentage of mine author rights is higher then theirs, as they did only music arrangments.
As my decisions about the songs, name of the songs, order of the songs, photo and cover of the album, were not accepting I want to withdraw from the contract.
I would like to ask if and how it is possible.
The album have not been released yet, but producer is going to do as soon as possible, as he know it is against my decision.
Many thanks in advance for your response.
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| I''m writing a book and I''m wondering if it''s okay for me to describe cards driven for how I pictu |
| I''m writing a book and I''m wondering if it''s okay for me to describe cards driven for how I picture them; for instance, "Marry drove her red ''59 Chevy" or "Mark drove his Cadillac home on Thursday night". |
| I write comedic material and occasionally I write with a partner. I can understand that when two peo |
| But what if I were to write a 500 word comedic sketch and a writing partner suggests one or two words to be changed. Do they then have a stake in the finished product? Does one person have more ownership than the other? |
| Is it possible to copyright a partially completed work, so that you may post the progress on a perso |
| I would like to know if it is possible to copyright a work in progress. For the past several years I have been working on a Pen and Paper game, this is a social activity, think Dungeons and Dragons the most popular. But I digress, I just wanted to clarify. I am if I had to put a percent on it, about 60% done with the project, but I would like to be able to post it online safely (As safe as it can be) to be able to enact a public beta test. I own a website, that is registered to me. Am I able to copyright the body of the work that I have done as to protect terms, characters, fictional places, etc? For example, The Company Wizards of the Coast is able to post items from their products online, and while yes they are available for download anyone who tries to steal them for a profit, is legally liable, I would like to accomplish something similar. |
| Would it be legal under trademark and copyright laws to name my search engine company "Not Google"? |
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