Questions generally regarding rights of distribution and attribution of intellectual property.
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Developing a product/service as a result of requirements of existing employer
A is currently employed at company X which in turn is a vendor for company Z. A realized that certain aspects of running the business for Z which X is failing at can be productized/offered as a ...
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How to get licensing rights for US TV shows in countries like India?
How do I get licensing rights for streaming TV shows, which are broadcast in US, in India? Who do I contact? What is the correct procedure to follow? If possible, what are the relevant laws?
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Are local music bands violating copyrights?
When local bands play songs made famous by recognizeable artists, does that violate copyrights on the lyrics, music or the recording artist's performance and recording?
If so, why does it appear to ...
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Licensing a compiler which outputs code of a pre-existing programming language
This is a cross-post from stackoverflow; I was told you guys might be more knowlegable in this area...
I have an idea for a project which, ideally, I would like to eventually make money from.
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Who owns the Intellectual Property, Copyright and Patents created by Technical Co Founder?
I will be joining a new start-up as a technical partner. Other two partners are business administration role.
I will be the one who will program everything from scratch and build the new web based ...
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Who owns the programming in a disolving partnership?
I am a 50/50 owner in a small dissolving LLC. To this partnership I brought my software and through the course of several years continued to develop it. In the partnership agreement there is nothing ...
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Where and how can I ask for permission of product images?
About four months ago I asked a question about using product images (posters/cover art for movies, games, music, tv-shows and books) on a website without asking for permission.
Most of the answers ...
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Elance OutSourcing - Do i own copyright?
I am outsourcing a commercial project(software program) to elance. I was wondering if after the work is finished, I own the copyright to this work fully. This is very important since i want to make a ...
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Contract employee and IP in a not so related business
If I create an application for a client and I am employed as a contactor to the client by a contracting firm in a different capacity, who owns the copyright?
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Copyrighting an already existing name that is not copyrighted before
My friend runs a website called XYZ.com but hasnt copyrighted the name XYZ. I would want to use XYZ as the name of my startup too and would like to copyright it this time. Do i have to ask him ...
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Is it legally right to put movie/music/games cover art on a website?
We want to launch a website where we put information about movies, music and more.
Each item (movie, music etc.) will have it's own page. On this page there will be some information about the item, ...
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Copyright infringement issue google play (An android app)
Today I received a mail from Google which state that your app has been removed from Google play due to copyright infringement. The person who register this copyright issue is a person who run his non ...
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How do I know if I am infringing on a Copyright or Patent?
Im looking to create a small start up at home making bicycle accessories but I have no clue if I would be infringing on any copyright and or patents in doing so.
How Do I know if my Company name is ...
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How should I protect myself from intellectual property theft before I pitch this game to Scopely?
(For the impatient, the main question is at the bottom of this text.)
I was reading this article and a couple of others about Scopely, a game development company responsible for the creation of the ...
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Is it advisable to name my startup www.teamsomething.com if www.somethingapp.com already exists?
I am working on setting up an app development company along with a few of my friends. Assume that the name I want is "something". Since www.something.com was unavailable, I have decided to name it ...
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Co-inventor and Section 2870 of the California Labor Code
My partner and me developed a product, and the split is: I developed 97-98%, he developed the rest, the idea was conceived by both. He did his portion on his own time and equipment, and it uses ...
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Terms of agreement with a co-founder after split-up
I recently quit working with my co-founder. We had started a software business together and had agreed on a certain profit share. But shortly after the launch of the apps, we had to split because he ...
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Is it “fair use” to refer to names of celebrities/cartoon characters in a game?
We have a game that requires players to refer to a list of celebrity and/or cartoon characters by name. The names simply show up in print alone, along with a short, original description of the entity.
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What is the law covering the intellectual property rights of software developed during internship/employment without signed contract/agreement?
I am a software engineer who "invented", and developed alone an integrated ERP software solution over the past 2 years. I got the idea and coded much of the software as intern at small wholesale ...
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Opensource vs custom development strategy
The possible advantages of using something like Drupal is a dev time-saver. But if we were to develop a minimum viable product / proof of concept / prototype using Drupal, other developers could own ...
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Car Photo Copyrights
I'm looking to build a website that compares car specifications, and possibly some reviews. I'd like to add some photos of the cars to the site. I'm a little concerned about copyright implications. ...
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What things an entrepreneur should get copyrighted before approaching VCs
What things can be copyrighted of a startup before approaching VCs? I have a very fast growing online venture for which I am going to approach VCs. But I want to make sure they can't use my idea and ...
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Protecting works for being able to prove later “I've done this on this date”
How to protect digitalized works for later prove we've had this and that on that date ?
Example: John Doe wants to protect his works on 2011 to be able to prove in future (let's say 2022) that he has ...
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Playing Cards Artwork Copyright
So, I'm considering creating a searchable website/mobile app for cards for a popular card game. The cards have some text on them and an image. In the site/app, I'll display some of the text and an ...
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How to specify, describe external external project in agreement with Employer? For example in agreement for doing project in spare time? [closed]
Assuming employee (software developer), would like to make an agreement with employer about doing some external project (software) in spare time.
Problem of doing projects in spare time is mentioned ...
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Example of Agreement (template) with Company for doing stuff in spare time
According to related topic:
If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare time?
(and related : Intellectual Property and Side-Projects in ...
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Everything's done, Copyright missing
I'm working on my startup for 1 year and a half and it is ready to go to production.
I don't have investors and I don't want it right now, I'm planning to get volume before meeting my VC contacts.
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Is this an ethical use of other peoples' content?
I am planning to create a website that will curate selected posts from around 30 blogs in a specific niche and organize them into a detailed hierarchy that makes it very easy for visitors to access ...
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StreamServe Consulting copyright issues with name
We are planing to start a StreamServe consulting firm in Singapore. I would like to know, is it legal to use StreamServe in the website we are planing to launch for this consulting work.
I haven't ...
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Legalese in other languages
I recently translated my app to German and Spanish. The German translator recommended leaving the copyright notice in English while the Spanish translator translated it. Which is better? My app is ...
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Using guitar solos (cut from commercial music tracks) inside your mobile app
I would like to know about the legal side of using guitar solo cuts inside a mobile app.
The solos will be cut from commercial music of rock bands.
The app will be free.
Can I use solos like that?
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I trademarked and copyrighted the plural form of the name but going with the singular form
I trademarked and copyrighted the plural form (s) of the company's name. Now, I deleted the "s" from the company's name to go with the singular form. The logo is just cool fonts. Do I have to ...
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Legality of selling recreations (website templates)
I've been doing webdesign for a couple of years now and I really enjoy designing the initial layout for my pages. That being said, I've also had some fun projects were I created "look a-likes" of ...
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Copyright and magazine question
OK, so this isn't strictly related to startups, but it's copyright-related so I'll ask anyway. It is similar to Copyright law concerning Star Wars
I'm aware that names can't be copyrighted - but can ...
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How much does it cost to transfer a copyright?
I would like to transfer my copyright to my corporation on my own.
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How do I merge with a new Corp with an older Corp?
I'm incorporating a new c-corp in Delaware with a new co-founder.
So, I want to merge the older new york c-corp because it has all my copyrights and trademarks assigned to it. Also, the New York ...
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Copyrights when selling e-services
I run a limited company in the UK, and when I sell on-line services and digitalised goods to people around the European Union for their personal use, the place of supply is always the UK and I'm ...
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Copyright/Trademark issues on Computer/Tablet/Phone accessories
My wife and I are starting a small business to create hand made cases for laptop/tablet/phones etc. We're curious about the legalities of buying fabric that's pre-printed with logos of lets say ...
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Licensed software and due diligence: sufficient?
In the process of due diligence for an investment or for M&A, I ask:
Considering that all other software is property of the company, is it sufficient to have a non-core part of the software, ...
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Side projects while being a co-founder and officer of a company
There is already an awesome question and answers on IP and spare time related to employees:
If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare ...
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IP: Maintain property over source code
I have code of mine, developed before joining the company as a co-founder, that I used for the company product (website) but want to retain the copyright and all IP rights to it and to be able to use ...
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Avoiding copyright issues
The copyright/TOS issues that Pinterest was/is facing got me thinking about the viability of my own startup considering all the content for my site is socially-generated and requires copyright ...
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Ownership of logo design
I am incapable (artistically) of designing a logo for my startup. If I offer to pay someone to create it for me, do I own the intellectual property rights to the logo? Are there any other steps I ...
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How does copyright work when there are more than one copyright holders?
I am working on a project that will make use a series of educational videos shot in the '80's. While reviewing one of the videos I came across a copyright notice that lists two copyright holders. It ...
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Make a record of a website infringing our copyright?
A website from a competitor is using images we own the copyright to, and is asserting on their site that they own the copyright.
Is there a way to create a neutral record of their infringement?
It ...
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Former partner is illegally using my IP
I've noticed a former potential partner of mine is using a logo, website design, and company description/mission that I created and retain full ownership of.
Should I just send a simple email ...
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Using brand logos for polls on my website?
I make some polls on my website, like :
What do you prefer Ford Explorer or Toyota 4Runner?
Is such a poll allowed without explicit permission of Toyota and Ford?
Next step:
Can I use their ...
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Can one be sued for copying the “look and feel”?
Hypothetically, can Microsoft sue OpenOffice for copying the "look and feel", "command and menu structure", "copyright infringement" and the other similarities in the User Interface?
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Use of copyrighted brand images On commercial website
I can't seem to find any exact language on using a company's copyrighted logos on a website. I am going to make a website for a business who distributes products related to a large soda company. ...
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Copyright law concerning Star Wars
I want to make wooden puzzles out of Star Wars characters and sell them on Etsy. Would this be considered a violation of copyright? They would not be explicitly stated as Star Wars puzzles but I ...
