The copyright in original literary dramatic musical and artistic. Concept of originality is the originality in the expression of ideas and not the origin of ideas. In addition, it must be the author, and labor and skills shortages must be properly allocated to give the product quality or character that originally did not have the [...]
To a great many people in Southern California, the law regarding infringement of trademarks, copyrights or intellectual property in general is so confusing, it is humourous. Whether you live in Indio, Riverside, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, CA, San Diego, Huntington Beach, Orange County, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, or Newport Beach, you are as likely [...]
Many webmasters erroneously believe that just because their domain name registrar says a particular domain name is ‘available’ that it truly is. This is not necessarily so. Even if a domain name is physically available, it may not legally be open for use. Why? It’s because there might already be a company [...]
On Friday, May 30th 2008 Hon’ble Delhi High Court issued notice to Yahoo Inc. and its Indian subsidiary Yahoo Web Services (India) Pvt. Ltd on a suit filed by Super Cassettes Industries Limited (SCIL) owner of the largest Indian music label “T-Series” for infringement of their copyright caused by unlicensed streaming of SCIL’s [...]
When an employee or consultant obtains works without a license and they are used within a business (such as photographs or software), they will infringe copyright. In the ordinary course, employers are vicariously liable for the acts of employees during the course of their employment and for the acts of independent contractors. A [...]
A U. S. patent is necessary to protect your rights if you have invented a unique product or come up with a new idea. A patent grants property rights to an inventor, and is issued by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office. The purpose of filing a patent is to [...]
There are many instances where you or your company could be engaged in copyright infringement without even knowing it. For example, if one of your employees uses a company computer to host, share, or download pirated materials, you are in danger of copyright litigation being brought against you. The answer to this problem [...]
Copyright infringement by unethical business competitors
Copyright infringement can be a serious problem, especially for Info-marketers who are selling information, which other users can copy. It is important to know how to protect your work and how to make sure that the people you are working with are not plagiarizing anything they submit to you as original work. As [...]
Understanding patent infringement also means understanding intellectual property. Obviously, the material inside my head, my thoughts, my feelings, and the brain activity that makes me who I am is mine.
However that is not all considered intellectual property.
Attorneys are constantly setting new precedent when it comes to patent infringement law [...]