COPYRIGHT FAIR USE DEFENSE
Copyright laws were designed to recognize the creative rights — and their resultant profits — that artists and authors possess in the creative works they contribute to society. Accordingly, such…
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Second Life TOS: A Partial Analysis and How to Protect your Digital Content
In November 2003, Linden announced that it would recognize participants’ full intellectual property protection for the digital content they created or otherwise owned in Second Life. As a result, Second…
Cyber Piracy Law: Domain Names and Right of Privacy
Causes of action for the use of someone’s famous name are CyberPiracy, unfair competition and false advertising in the nature of false endorsement which is essentially the federal equivalent of…
How To Do Email Marketing Right
In short, you may send unsolicited email so long as you follow the rules. include your physical postal address indicate that the email is an advertisement or solicitation notify recipients…
Social Media Sites and Intellectual Property
Social media sites are the “go to” Internet forums for fun and e-commerce. Internet users spend a great deal of time at these sites, not merely for pleasure, but also…
U.S. SUPREME COURT TAKES “39 STEPS” BACK FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
In a landmark copyright ruling hailed internationally—but largely criticized at home—the U.S. Supreme Court decided on January 18, 2012 that the copyright clause of the Constitution does not prevent the…
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APLegal Help Titles, names, short phrases and slogans This is one of the most common areas of confusion for people seeking protection of their intellectual property — please be sure…
Domain Name and Trademark Dispute
Domain names and trademarks are related, but not the same thing. The rights derived from each are very different. Trademark rights flow from use of a mark for goods or…