Identity Theft Protect Yourself And Be Aware
Posted on March 28, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Since the beginning of the internet,” identity theft protect yourself” has been an issue for anyone who surfs for pleasure or business, and even those of us who don’t go online for any reason. Thieves who plan to steal our identities for their own profit have developed a number of scams and tricks designed to fool us into giving out personal information.
Everyone should know the most common tricks, so we all have at least a basic understanding about how identity theft works, both on and offline, in front of the computer, as well as in our everyday lives.
Read More..>>Prevent Identity Theft - Learn From The Stories
Posted on March 28, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
The number of identity theft victims is increasing everyday. Yet it is being so downplayed that most people think that it would never happen to them. A lot of people think that identity theft is just a myth propagated by paranoid individuals, well the fact is, it’s not. Identity theft is a crime that can affect anybody from any demographic and that means you could be next. Identity theft awareness is better achieved by using examples of people who have undergone the ordeal of having their identity stolen and used in credit fraud. Below are a few examples of what happened to ordinary people.
Read More..>>Public Domain
Posted on March 27, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Pronunciation: ‘publik dow’meyn
Definition: [noun] property rights that are held by the public at large
(Public Domain) The total absence of copyright protection. If something is “in the public domain” then anyone can copy it or use it in any way they wish. The author has none of the exclusive rights which apply to a copyright work.
The phrase “public domain” is often used incorrectly to refer to freeware or shareware (software which is copyrighted but is distributed without (advance) payment). Public domain means no copyright — no exclusive rights. In fact the phrase “public domain” has no legal status at all in the UK.
Read More..>>Using Stock Photos: Royalty-free Vs. Rights Managed
Posted on March 27, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
If you have searched for photos to use on your website, you have likely encountered the terms royalty-free and rights managed. So what is the difference between these types of photos?
Rights-Managed Images: Images you purchase for a specific purpose at a specific price (think renting the photo or paying to borrow the image). The price of the picture is usually determined by how you want to use the picture (on the web, in print, etc.). The plus side to using a rights managed photo is that you will most likely NOT see anyone else using the same photo (or model) promoting another product. The downside is of course the price; rights managed photos can cost you double (even triple) of what royalty-free runs.
Read More..>>Ppc Ads Face A New Trademark Limitation
Posted on March 27, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
A federal court ruled last week that it is not only a trademark violation any longer to use another company’s trademark to deceive search engine users in the paid ad headline. The court has further ruled, that you can not purchase a trademark as a keyword to bring up your paid listing on Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines. This decision stemmed from a national jewelry company, who bid on the term, “dating ring” to bring up their ad for the sale of the companies own diamond rings. The problem was that another company already had the trademark to the term “The Dating Ring”. When this term was entered by users of the search engines, the national company’s ad came up for the sale of rings.
Read More..>>Intellectual Property – The 3 Branches: Copyrights, Patents & Trademarks
Posted on March 27, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
When you hear the phrase intellectual property, what do you think of? How can something that exists in your mind be considered property? Are your ideas your property similar to that of your house or car?
Simply put, no, your ideas are not something you can solely own. After all, if ideas were never shared in the marketplace, where would we be? Imagine if Bill Gates had never shared his ideas about the new BASIC programming language that he and Paul Allen developed…would Microsoft exist? How would that have impacted our world today? Let’s take it back even further: what would life be like if Louis Pasteur had never shared his ideas about heat treatment, what we now call pasteurization? The sharing of ideas has brought us to where we are, good and bad.
Read More..>>Second Citizenship & Second Passport
Posted on March 27, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Do your fear about your future and life? You could minimize the risk of unforeseen circumstances by accepting second citizenship of any country that you like to stay in. Accepting second citizenship is like a global insurance policy that provides you the benefits to make use of the dissimilar parts of two countries for a better set of options. You can make optimum use of good socio-economic conditions and other benefits at the same time. It is the easiest way to make a better living in another country.
Read More..>>Raising Some Points On Racial Discrimination In The Workplace
Posted on March 27, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
“I am deeply disappointed of my employer. He terminated me from my job recently. I have done nothing wrong. Is it a great deal for him if I belong to a different race? What should I do now? How can I support my family’s needs? Who would dare to rescue me from this terrible situation?” These were some of the questions I heard my friend ask who believed that he has been wrongfully terminated from work. Our conversation prompted me to conduct a study about the law which prohibits employers from firing their employees on the sole basis of their race or color – the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Read More..>>Will Estate Planning
Posted on March 27, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
A will is a written document which gives instructions how and to whom the will maker (testator) wants to bequeath his/her property after death. An oral will can be made only by members of military and merchant navy in active service when they don’t have time to execute a written will due to exceptional conditions like war.
Any person above 18 with sound mental health can make a will. It must be dated and signed by the testator and certain number of witnesses, depending on the laws of the state. A hand written will, called ‘holographic will’, valid in 25 states, does not require witnesses.
Read More..>>Intellectual Property - What It Is
Posted on March 27, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Intellectual Property (often just called “IP”) is a general term covering patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights, geographical indications and in some countries the concept of “unfair competition”. It is, as the name suggests, the intangible personal property arising from intellectual creation. Since intangible, owner of intellectual property cannot build a fence around it as with real estate or place it in a bank locker as with valuables. To address the situation, governments have created a variety of forms of intellectual property protection.
Types of Intellectual Property Protection
Some of the more common types of intellectual property protection are Patents, Trade Marks, Designs, Copyrights and Geographical Indications.
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