Copyright protection exists from the moment a work is created in a fixed, tangible form of expression. The copyright immediately becomes the property of the author who created the work. Only the author, or those deriving their rights through the author, can rightfully claim copyright. In the case of works made for hire, the employer—not the writer—is considered the author. Here you will find FindLaw's collection of Copyright articles, part of the Intellectual Property section of the Corporate Counsel Center. The articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
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- *Patricia Smink Rogowski is a partner in the Wilmington, Delaware law firm Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP. Ms. Rogowski is a graduate of Lehigh University (B.S.M.E., with highest honors) and the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D.). James M ...
- There is no such thing as an "international copyright" that will automatically protect an author's writings throughout the world. Protection against unauthorized use in a particular country basically depends on the national laws of that country ...
- GAMES The idea for a game is not protected by copyright. The same is true of the name or title given to the game and of the method or methods for playing it. Copyright protects only the particular manner of an author's expression in literary ...
- QUESTIONS FREQUENTLY ASKED IN THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE PUBLIC INFORMATION SECTION The answers to the following frequently asked questions should be read as introductory rather than as definitive. Please consult the references cited in the answers ...
- At the moment of creation and fixation of its work, a domestic copyright owner has exclusive worldwide rights to its creation through Section 104 of the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Section 104, and a network of multilateral treaties. One of these ...
- The process of working around the Year 2000 problem is huge and labor-intensive. The process of changing date fields from two to four digits involves hundreds of worker-years and millions of dollars. Finding a responsive prior vendor willing to ...
- I. INTRODUCTIONOn December 1, 1990, President Bush signed into law the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990, which was generally effective on June 1, 1991, and extends to visual artists the federal moral rights of attribution and integrity. The ...
- From Riker Danzig Intellectual Property UPDATE Computer driven, financial services software can be patentable, even if the software does little more than calculate numbers used to manage assets. In State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature ...
- For many of today's businesses, information is often more valuable than products. Advances in technology have made it cheaper and easier to store, compile, organize and use information. For some companies, this information is a valuable trade secret ...
- The Copyright Act gives the owner of copyrighted material the right to control its duplication and distribution and prohibits photocopying unless the copying falls within one of the limited exceptions provided for in the Act. For most businesses and ...