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Protect Your Company from Copyright Infringement Claims – Register Your DMCA Designated Agent

July 24, 2017 by Lonnie_Finkel

Copyright Infringement -Digital Millenium Copyright ActIf your company has a website that allows users to post any kind of content, you may be at risk for copyright infringement under U.S. copyright law if any of the content is not original to the party posting it. With most companies now leveraging multiple social media platforms, in addition to their traditional websites, …Read more

Filed Under: Intellectual Property Tagged With: bay area attorney, copyright infringement, copyright law, social media

Downloading Pirated Software Without Installing It is Still Copyright Infringement

April 27, 2017 by Lonnie_Finkel

Copyright Infringement ImageIf your business creates software or simply uses it to perform work – let’s face it, what business doesn’t use software in one way or another – we encourage you to take note of a recent ruling made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The case – Design Data Corp. v. …Read more

Filed Under: Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Tagged With: copyright infringement, copyright protection, East Bay Attorney, Intellectual Property, software developer

Copyright Infringement Can Ensnare Unsuspecting Artists

September 19, 2016 by Lonnie_Finkel

written approval v. copyright infringement photoIf you’re an aspiring artist, make sure you get written approval to use any of the artwork or photography included in your work or in its promotion. If you act in concert with a promoter or record company to wrongfully use another person’s work, and benefit financially from those activities, you may be liable for …Read more

Filed Under: Intellectual Property Tagged With: copyright infringement, copyright protection, Intellectual Property

   
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Intellectual Property Posts

  • Enforcing Your Company’s Trademark Rights: Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings
  • United States Supreme Court Addresses Corporate Separateness and Defendant’s Profits Under the Federal Lanham Act for Trademark Infringement
  • Enforcing Your Company’s Trademark Rights: Remedies for Infringement and Principal Defenses to Infringement Claims
  • Enforcing Your Company’s Trademark Rights: Infringement Litigation
  • Enforcing Your Company’s Trademark Rights: Cease and Desist Letters

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