What you will learn in this book
How Copyright Protection Works - Copyright is a type of intellectual property law, and it protects original works of authorship including dramatic, literary, artistic works and musical, and such as poetry, movies, novels, songs, computer software and architecture.
Legal Protection and Copyright Law of Your Work- Copyright law is a means of securing legal protection of your ownership of a publication or another type of intellectual property, such as a website or a blog.
Is Copyright Registration Necessary? - Copyright is statutory as well as inherent right and copyright registration is not mandatory. But it is good idea to get registration done especially when the work must be used commercially. It is proof of ownership and valid title.
Substantial Similarity in Copyright Law - The concept of substantial similarity plays a major role in determining the original authorship of any work. Several tests have evolved over the years, through judicial pronouncements, to determine how far a work is/is not substantially like a previously authored work.
Knowing Your Intellectual Property Rights and Protecting Your Ideas- Have you ever seen an infomercial on TV or a commercial for something that you thought would be a great idea years ago? Did you ever think to yourself that if you would have created it you could have been making the profits? Well, this is where knowing your intellectual property rights come into play and getting your ideas protected. You need to know about this just in case you have the next million-dollar idea.
Selecting Business Names and Intellectual Property Law - An information technology & intellectual property lawyer steps through some common provisions of software license agreements and software development contracts. Includes explanations of the purpose and effect of clauses in software and technology contracts.
This book addresses the law relating to copyright in news headlines and explores the case law relating to whether media publishers can protect their headlines and portions of their news articles as original literary works. Media companies have tried to claim copyright protection over newspaper headlines reproduced on the internet by claiming that news headlines qualify for copyright protection as original literary works under copyright legislation.