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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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User Elected Image Copyrights
Environment:
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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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How to collect data for new web site
I am about to start a question/answers site related to different topics. I have data collected from downloads/online article/people etc.
But i am not sure
Is it legal to extract question/small ...
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Copyright of web sites
If I wanted to make a website similar to an existing one, how do I know that I'm not breaking its copyright?
For example, how do I find this out for a website such as Facebook?
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What is my legal responsibility when allowing users to either transfer online images to my server, or creating hotlinks to online images?
My web-app allows users to add images to their profile, either by uploading from their computer or providing a URL to the image. When a URL is provided, the user would choose between the following two ...
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Does someone violate copyright laws when quoting song lyrics?
I know there are tons of sites out there that list song lyrics that are surrounded with advertisements and pop up ads. I don't imagine the song writers had this in mind when they were writing their ...
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Is it ok to aggregate headlines and republish them?
I have an idea for a web app that will target to a specific audience and will collect news and blog articles, analyze them (for keywords, trending topics and more) and then display the article ...
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How to minimize risk of software copyright infringement claims
I had a software developer create a software program, which I copyrighted and then assigned to a software company (and LLC) that I co-founded. I plan to sell the program to the general public.
Then ...
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Legal implications of cloning a board game
I want to build an electronic version of an existing popular board game that will use the same game mechanic and follow similar rules, but without requiring a physical board to play or any of the ...
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Legal Issues Building a GMail like Application?
I'm building a product which I hope to sell as Software as a Service. I've been working on designs of interfaces and have landed in something pretty similar to GMail interface. I think my app is ...
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Site/Training turned out to be with the same name as a book?
I set up a website and training with the name “The Art of Making Friends”
I am also thinking of selling DVD under the same name.
It turned out that it has the same as a book (not mine of course): ...
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Creating a QA site - Becoming a lot like SE
I wanted to create a new website that was a Question and Answer site in a specific niche (one that SE is not in right now). My problem is that the more I design and create the website, the closer it ...
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Build an online dictionary by combining several printed dictionaries. Is it legal?
I intend to build an online application for defining the meaning of words, synonyms, etc. in a certain language.
This information will come from a combination of printed dictionaries. I'm almost ...
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What can you do when someone blatantly plagiarizes an entire blog post?
It's nice when folks quote parts of your post with a link back. It's another thing when the entire RSS entry is duplicated verbatim, including my "Retweet" buttons and the "Please leave a comment" ...
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Is it legal to copy a user interface?
Is it a copyright infringement to copy a user interface? I'm not talking about the specific graphics, but the layout and the way users interact with the application.
For example, Blippy's UI seems ...
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How to get license rights for copyrighted images/themes?
How do I go about licensing material for use on t-shirts? For example, pac-man on a shirt. What is a typical licensing arrangement fee structure? If the company you are looking to license an image ...
