Buying A Website – Problems With Intellectual Property
Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
There are many ways to make money online including buying another website that may be a competitor or compliment to yours. When doing so, you need to watch out for IP problems.
The creation of a web business tends to be a herky-jerky event. Things can go full blast for a few months, sit gathering dust for a year and then get rolling again. This can lead to a certain lack of organization in the business. In particular, it can lead to nightmares with intellectual property.
Read More..>>Copyright Is Dead! Long Live Copyright!
Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Infringement. File sharing. Piracy. Counterfeiting. Plagiarism.
Whatever you call it, the theft of copyrighted material is just about impossible to control in our ever-expanding, ever-increasing digital age. In fact, there is a widely held belief that technology has made copyright impossible to enforce.
Take the entertainment industry, for example:
While all school children are taught the dangers of plagiarism of print materials when they write their first term papers, many of these same kids are some of the greatest offenders who believe that internet file sharing of their favorite music is their due simply for being fans of this or that rock or rap group.
Read More..>>Trademark: Do I Need One For My Business Name And Logo?
Posted on April 3, 2008 - Filed Under Automotive, Home and Family, Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Wondering if a trademark is important to you as a business owner? Let’s start with the basics. A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, or logo that distinguishes and identifies the source of goods of one company or person from another. For example, the name Kraft is trademarked, as is Nike’s “swoosh” logo.
The list of what constitutes a trademark is long. A trademark can also be granted to unique packaging such as the shape of Coca-cola’s bottle, building designs, color, sound, and even fragrance. Service marks receive the same legal protection, but are used to distinguish services instead of products.
Read More..>>Serial And Periodical Works Need To Be Copyrighted
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
If you are trying to register any type of newspaper, magazine or other periodically occurring work you should follow the copyright process as explained here. Serial and periodical works can generally be described as any work issued in parts that can be chronologically tracked by a numeric or alphabetical series.
Read More..>>Performing Arts Copyright Information
Posted on February 25, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
If you are trying to register any type of performing art you should follow the copyright process as explained here. Performing arts can generally be described as any artistic work intended to be “performed” directly in front of an audience or indirectly “by means of a device or process”. This includes motion pictures, audiovisual presentations, dramatic works in script form including accompanying music and musical works with accompanying words. The phrase above “intended to be performed” is crucial in determining whether to register as a performing art or as a sound recording. If you register the words and music as a performing art you are protected, but if you record a performance of the song you must then register that performance as a sound recording. If you fall within this category you should register for a performing arts copyright.
Read More..>>Uk Copyright Law: A Quick Guide For Freelance Writers
Posted on February 14, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
As a freelance writer, ideas are your bread and butter. Getting a commission means revealing your idea for a great article to an editor or someone else. There’s no way around it, but how can you prevent people from ripping you off? Here’s what you need to know about UK copyright law.
Read More..>>Think You Understand Copyright? Think Again!
Posted on February 3, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Think You Understand Copyright? Think Again!
By Rosemary Hauschild
Every writer, artist, coach, musician, producer and other professional producing original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression knows the importance of the copyright. However, even some of the most basic points of the protection offered by the © symbol are often unknown or misunderstood.
One commonly held misconception is that a “poor man’s copyright” – the practice of sending a copy of your own work to yourself – will protect your work. The fact is, there is no provision in the copyright law regarding any such type of protection, and it is not a substitute for registration.
The Proper Way To Copyright Visual Arts
Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
If you are trying to register any type of visual arts you should follow the copyright process as explained here. Visual arts can generally be described as any pictorial, graphic, sculptural or architectural works. Including 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional fine, graphic and applied art. There are some architectural works that fall under visual arts, and depending on the medium of the art there may be parts of the exhibition that are not copyright protected. This includes pieces of art that may include working or moving parts or pre-existing parts such as furniture, clothing or machinery. Other works that fall under visual arts may include…..
Read More..>>Writing - Copyrights And Trademarks Protect You
Posted on December 26, 2007 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
When most people consider writing a book, they don’t think
about Trademarks. However, I highly recommend that you
leverage your writing for multiple purposes, and that’s why
registering a Trademark for your concept is a good idea. If
you use your writing as the basis for workshops and other
products, it’s in your best interests to protect your
concepts with a Trademark.
To paraphrase the definition of a Trademark given at the
official web site www.uspto.gov, a Trademark is a symbol, a
word, a phrase, or a design, (or any combination), used to
identify and distinguish the unique source of goods. Note
that a Service Mark has the same definition as a Trademark,
except as related to services instead of products.