Copyright: How it Relates to Protecting Inventions
The federal copyright law protects all types of works of authorship, including writings of all kinds, music, movies, videos, drawings, paintings, ...
DRMs and EULA: Protecting Apps and Software
Software and web applications are commonly protected in two ways: digital rights management (DRM) systems, and end-user license agreements (EULAs)
Copyright Lawsuits
Copyright lawsuits are nearly always battles over whether someone has infringed a work.
Copyrights: Works Made for Hire
Normally, the person who creates the work is the author and owner of copyright. But under certain circumstances, someone who employs or supervises...
Transferring or Licensing a Copyright
Each right granted under copyright is separate and divisible and can be transferred, licensed or otherwise granted to a third party who becomes th...
Copyright Infringement & Web Piracy
The ease with which copyrighted materials can be copied and distributed on the Internet has resulted in some new rules regarding copyright enforceme...
Copyright Infringement
When an individual or entity obtains a copyright concerning a creative work, or any piece of copyrightable intellectual property, these copyright ho...
Copyright FAQs
What is copyright? Title 17 of the U.S. Code provides copyright protection to original, creative works fixed in tangible form...
Copyright Duration
Copyright law is intended to give the owner of the work a monopoly for a limited number of years. After that, it falls into the public domain for an...
Copyrights and Public Domain
Material that is not protected under copyright (or other proprietary laws) is free for the public to use and is considered to be in the public domai...
