Questions generally regarding rights of distribution and attribution of intellectual property.
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tech startup - code licensing and copyright
Me and my developers are developing the code for a tech startup that I have an equity with. I'm giving the code to the startup for the startup purpose use. However, since I'm the developer, I would ...
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Having a license to your product instead of owning it?
Contracted a developer to build a product. Contract was and we were halfway through the project before we had it in hand (realized mistake there, moving on....) We were under the impression that we ...
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copyrights problem
I'm thinking to build an android and iPhone app, with short jokes, phrases from movies. The length of the jokes is 2-3 seconds maximum.
I don't plan to make any money from this app(by advertising or ...
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The usage of the word Apollo
I'm thinking of starting a small web design company and I want to use the word "Apollo" within it. Is this a word I have to ask permission to use from NASA or something? Especially if I call it Apollo ...
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Ownership of Code?
I recently contracted with a developer to build a mvp for the business. We were operating on an understanding that we would own the code upon completion of version 1.0. Now, their legal team has ...
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court precedence on California labor code section 2870
Does anybody know of any actual court cases involving California labor code section 2870 which gives a clear precedence as to how judges would rule in such disputes
(eg. a programmer makes something ...
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Interpreting Invention Assignment: what does “is not related” to the company's business mean in employment contracts?
I'm talking about those Invention Assignment clauses in employment contracts (especially with regards to California labor code section 2870)
"Prohibiting employee assignment to an employer of ...
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App developed in company time has potential to be sold commercially. Need advise
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I work on the public sector and have developed a web app for internal use to handle a department's business process. The application has been a success according to its users. Some of the ...
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Creative solution for copyright infringement by UK university
This question is sort of a follow up to:
Creating non-profit startup from open-source software project
Selling using the honor system
Basically, I'm selling software on the honor system for $5 to ...
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Will naming my website like this be a case of copyright infrigment?
I want to create a website for a particular industry. There is a term that is used quite widely in the industry - for the sake of argument, lets say the expression is "great scott". The term is used ...
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Our client wants ownership of the code + no competition clause, but we need to re-sell this program in order to make money. How do we compromise?
TL;DR: "A client contracts us to build the engine for Warcraft I, does client have right to stop us using the same engine for let's say.... Skyrim?" (No contracts have been signed YET)
Actual ...
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Partner not signing dissolution agreement
I had internal agreement with my partner for one the portal. My contribution was portal development while his contribution was sales and company formation.
It's been 1.5 years and still he couldn't ...
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User Elected Image Copyrights
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Our project allows teachers to create learning objects (activities, lessons, videos) that may incorporate uploaded images for the purpose of language learning. Our EULA states that ...
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How to approach new competitor to my copyrighted product?
I have an LLC and developed a copyrighted program that I sell online. I frequently enter in various terms online and see how I'm doing in the search results vs. my competitors.
All of a sudden, I am ...
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Would this idea violate any law?
The idea is this :
My website would just embed videos from various websites like youtube, metacafe, etc.
I want to have users log in and comment or discuss on the videos I embed.
The purpose is ...
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How can I protect my self legally from illegal content from users on my website?
I am building a web app where users will be able to add content to it. Pictures, texte, video, etc.
I was wandering what would happen if a user puts something illegal. Am I responsable? Or is there a ...
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How do I protect my company name?
I have business I want to start online. I already have the domain name and very soon the logo. I want to offer this services to anyone online.
So what is the best way to protect the name of my ...
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Publishing data from a race that I didn't organize or don't own
I'm planning a site where users can upload race results of races they either participated in or were the organizer/owner of. This is in a specific animal racing niche. There is one race in ...
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Friend/peer sharing and copyrights
I'm trying to understand some issues on copyright.
I was wondering if I have a web application that allows "friends/peers" to share music lyrics, is it infringing on copyrights?
Basically I'm also ...
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How do I protect my idea before launching my web-service?
I have a unique idea about a web-service.
How do I protect against duplicating my idea before launching?
I'm afraid I'd end up rivaling against massive number of competitors like Groupon does now.
I'm ...
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Do I own my article if I was not compensated by publishers?
I have been writing for a long time and my work has been published across many websites. But one thing that remained common is that I was never compensated by any of these websites anytime. Now, do I ...
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Software copyright after dissolution
I was part of a joint venture that is in windup mode. The software was mostly a compilation of open source software. No patents filed or anything like that. However, the lawyer is selling assets which ...
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It is possible to startup a sucessful software company without being a programmer?
the idea is simple. How to execute, i don't know.
I have an idea for a software. Very good and simple idea, and I think it's simple to execute too. This software can bring to life a new company. I ...
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Protecting yourself against copy right issues involving file sharing
I was wondering what are the ways that one can protect itself legally when it comes down to a system which allows file uploads and sharing, is it enough to write a "content policy"?
Do I need to ...
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Who is responsible for tracking copyright issues?
I have a brand new website for easy sharing of music. The files are intended to be copyright free (home recordings, podcasts etc). The system though could easily be used for music which does have ...
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Legality of using logos in business
What is the legality of using logos such as Batman or JLS on or in products?
If I make a t-shirt Iron on Transfer, with the batman logo or some other logo on it, and sell it, is that legal?
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Incorporating somebody else's project in my own
Let me take a general example to demonstrate my dilemma.
Say I am making a web-based project (which I am). Now I want to use some code that is used some other place already. Say I want to incorporate ...
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Should I use my company's IP?
I've been working for a company as a contractor for several months. While working for this company, I created some seriously sensitive IP. This is IP that is nigh on patentable.
My employment with ...
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IP Ownership Dispute
My partner and I are having a dispute. I wanted to know who owns the code in a company with one technical cofounder (me) who has written the entire code. I was the one who came up the idea and started ...
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copyright and other laws
I have been working on an application for starcraft, a game created by Blizzard. I was wondering if i could use the word "starcraft" in the title of the application. I was also wondering if i could ...
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Royalty free licensing
Ok, noob licensing question. First of all I bought some art off someone and got semi stung when I learnt that I couldn't do what I wanted to do with the produced art, I did not own the rights to it ...
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How Should I Deal With Intellectual Property
Intellectual property is a subject that has far reaching implications for your business. There are several different types of intellectual property that every business deals with. They include: ...
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Bought some computer art, what can I do with it?
I know I should have sorted this out prior to having it done but it didn't cross my mind and I'm not sure what my legal rights are.
I approached a freelance artist to draw an image for my website, ...
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Trademark, Copyright and Registrations for Companies, Products and Logos
Let's say we have a company called ParentCompany (www.parentcompany.com)
That company has 3 products called P1, P2 and P3 (www.p1.com, www.p2.com, and www.p3.com)
The company and each of its ...
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Protecting user's data to be used by everyone
I am planning for a website startup, in which i use the data added by the people which is accessible to every other user. Now i want to make sure that the data that has been entered by a particular ...
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Is copying facts a copyright infringment?
I work on a website that is backed by a database with a lot of product information. Much of this information is user generated.
I would like to know if there are any copyright issues around crawling ...
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Code Copyrighted
What's the deal if you are:
The only technical person on your start up / and or the one doing programming.
Haven't made a penny 'on-the-books' in terms of your startup
Is the code you write on your ...
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Question on copyright/trademark
I am in the process of building a startup and have a question regarding the name. The website I have chosen uses the .me TLD, and I intend for that to be part of the name. For example, say my site is ...
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Is my own made website automaticly copyrighted or do I have to register it some where?
Is my own made website automatically copyrighted or do I have to register it some where? For example if someone copies my content how can I claim it it was myself? How can I open a case ?
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When should I register as an agent to receive copyright infringement notices?
I am developing a user generated content site right now and its almost finished so I have been researching a bit on what I need to do legally. I know its going to take a lot of hard work and time to ...
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How sustainable is a website that uses stolen images?
I would like to start a website where people can discuss whatever they please. They will be allowed to upload images of the topic they're talking about. For example, a user writes a review on the ...
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Copyrighting jokes?
I have an app that is essentially a game, but is based off different riddles. So the riddles are pretty much jokes with funny answers, and all are original. My questions is: is it possible to ...
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UK taxation of startup gain due to IP
I learnt today that if an author assigns copyright of his book to a publisher for a fee, the net revenue is taxed as income, not as capital gains.
On the other hand, one would normally think "Capital ...
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Copyright or trademark infringement on web site name
I'm about to place a site I've built live and looking at registering a domain name.
Is there anything I need to worry about in picking a name?
If my domain name is a misspelling of another domain ...
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Is it legal to show an album on a Youtube Video?
Im currently working on a channel on Yt which does album reviews and I've gone from just speaking to do it in person on webcam and I am hoping at some point to go for a Yt partnership as I've always ...
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Approach copyright holders to licence IP for my game
I built an electronic version of a popular board game. I got some good responses on avoiding legal issues, but I went ahead and built it anyway, keeping it private for obvious reasons. Everyone who ...
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what are the legal ramifications of an android app that uses third party music?
I was thinking of creating an Android game/app that plays a soundtrack from a movie, and prompts you to guess what movie it is from. My question is: what are the legal ramifications of an app like ...
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website still active although supplier and trading office cancelled agreement
How can one legally make a company remove the website due to false representation. The domain belongs to the trading company as well as the company name. But the supplier has terminated the ...
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How do you prove a computer-generated work was independently generated by you?
This question is related to one of my earlier posts about the ability to copyright sudokus. I have written a program that generates sudokus and I want to make a website with these sudokus. It seems ...
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Copyright/IP of sudokus
I have recently learned how to do constraint processing and I figured out how to generate sudoku puzzles. I thought it would be interesting/fun to create an interactive website for these puzzles. I ...
