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Best practices to avoid copyright infringement

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

What is copyright infringement? Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is referred to as copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement.

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MYTH VS. REALITY: CAN YOU PATENT AN IDEA?

Intepat

MYTH 5: IT’S FREE TO USE IF IT IS ON THE INTERNET Anything available online is not free for public use. Copyright law protects most of the content that is available online, and therefore if the protected content is used without permission, it leads to copyright infringement.

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Intellectual Property Tools for Protecting Fashion Goods

LexBlog IP

Although the copyright process is fairly inexpensive and simple, fashion companies should take extra care as to not be copyright infringers themselves. Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. ” [8].

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Intellectual Property Tools for Protecting Fashion Goods

Above the Fold

Although the copyright process is fairly inexpensive and simple, fashion companies should take extra care as to not be copyright infringers themselves. Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer.

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“What’s Mine Is Not Yours To Give Me”—Nor To Take Without Just Compensation: A New Jersey’s Reaction To Sovereign Immunity, Intellectual Property, & Takings

LexBlog IP

994 (2020) , a decision holding that the sovereign immunity of individual states prevented a copyright holder from recovering damages for infringement, I was a bit disheartened. ” When a governmental entity infringes, it is using the inventor’s, or the author’s, creation without license or payment.

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NO FAKES Act: Unpacking the New Bipartisan Bill on Digital Replicas

Patently-O

How long the descendible right lasts beyond the initial 10-year period depends on continued “authorized public use of the voice or visual likeness of the individual.” The bill proposes that the Copyright Office will maintain a registry/database of these post-mortem rights. What about the First Amendment?

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Federal Circuit Narrows Scope for Copyrighting Software Function

Patently-O

When I sa “same results” — the clone pretty much identically copied output styles so that a chart made with WPL looks basically identical to a chart made in SAS using the same code. SAS sued in E.D.Tex for copyright infringement.