Gpl Software License
Posted on March 30, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
The GNU General Public License GNU GPL or simply GPL is a copyright license for free software created by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation.
The GPL was originally created by Stallman for the GNU project which was an attempt to develop a free operating system as well the associated utilities, as a complete alternative to proprietary software. Stallman developed the GPL because early versions of GNU project utilities had a separate, and mutually incompatible license, for each program, which meant that the programs could not share code.
Read More..>>Licensing Your Copyrighted Works
Posted on March 25, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
If you’ve taken the necessary steps to register your copyrighted works, you inevitably will have an opportunity to royalties off of them. To take advantage of the opportunity, you will need to be familiar with copyright license agreements.
Copyright License Agreement
A copyright license agreement sets for the terms under which a third party can use your content. In legal language, you will the “licensor” with the other party being the “licensee.” The purpose of the agreement is to set forth the terms under which you, the licensor, will grant the third party, licensee, the right to use, publish or reuse your copyrighted work in exchange for a royalty. Let’s take a closer look at key components of the licensing agreement.
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Posted on March 8, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Open Source software is distributed under a variety of licenses each of which usually permits licensee to distribute and modify the software, provided that the licensee complies with a specified set of terms and conditions.
A question that can therefore arise, is a licensee legally permitted to create modifications which combine elements of two (or more) different existing works into a single work, and distribute the result?
The answer is that these types of combinations are generally only legally permitted if the licensee can comply with all the pertinent terms and conditions of all the licenses.
Read More..>>Viacom And Youtube Dispute – All About Copyright Licensing
Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Viacom has announced the first huge copyright infringement notice against YouTube. It has served YouTube with notice to remove 100,000 infringing videos.
As you know, YouTube is a site where people can post videos of just about anything. Millions of people visit the site, which made it attractive enough for Google to spend $1.65 billion dollars in stock to purchase the site. There is one problem, however. Many wonder how YouTube is any different than Napster when it comes to copyright issues.
Read More..>>Intellectual Property Is Your Greatest Asset - Four Ways To Create Value
Posted on February 19, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Intellectual Property makes you or your business worth more than you can be worth on your own. IP lets you command a premium for your services. It lets you make money in your sleep. It lets you create a business that can be sold to others or passed on to your heirs.
Too often IP discussions focus only on legal rights: patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names and right of publicity. These are important, of course. But the are the merely legal tools for protecting key business assets. The starting point for IP should be the underlying assets: information, innovation, content, brands, names, reputation, websites, and more.
Read More..>>Intellectual Property Law – Patent Infringement - Patent Law – Amendments Disallowed
Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
The claimant in the case of LG Phillips Co Ltd v Tatung (UK) Ltd and Others [2006], held a UK patent for mounting a flat panel display device within a two-part housing, which could be incorporated into products such as laptops or free standing computer monitors. The patent was principally directed at LCD displays for laptops. The claimant brought proceedings against three defendants in the patent county court. It was alleged that the defendants had infringed the patent through the creation of a closed circuit television monitor. The defendants denied infringement, and actually counterclaimed for the revocation of the patent in question on the grounds of anticipation, obviousness and insufficiency.
Read More..>>Temporary Event Notice - A Guide
Posted on January 15, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Applying for a permanent Premises Licence can be a time-consuming and costly process to go through, especially if the event that you are planning is a one-off for a limited number of people – in this situation a Temporary Event Notice may be more suitable.
A Temporary Event Notice (TEN) is not a licence as such as it is not applied for. Rather, the ‘premises user’ (who must be over 18) fills out a standard form Notice and sends it to the Licensing Authority and the chief officer of police to notify them that the event will be taking place. The notice contains such information as who will be the person responsible for the event, when and where it will be taking place and what licensable activities will be provided.
Read More..>>Faqs - Licensing Intellectual Property (ip)
Posted on January 15, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Licensing is a key business strategy. It’s a way to maximize the earnings from inventions and creative works, which are called intellectual property or “IP.”.
What is licensing?
Licensing is when you grant some rights to intellectucal property “IP” that you own. It is really a partnership of mutual cooperation between the licensor, who owns the IP, and the licensee, who is given the right to use it for certain purposes.
Question: What are royalties?
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