by Francine Ward | Apr 3, 2020 | Copyright Act, Copyright Attorney, Copyright Duration, Copyright Expire, Copyright Information, Intellectual Property, Transfer of Copyright
What rules apply with a transfer of copyright? Are you a freelance designer, musician, or writer? Do you hire them? Did you design a logo for a business that is now successful?Did you ghostwrite a book for an author that is now a bestseller?Did you write (or...
by Francine Ward | Apr 20, 2018 | Copyright Expire, Copyright Information, Copyright infringement, Legal Blog
Copyright Protection. What does that term mean? According to the United States Copyright Office, a copyright is defined as “a form of protection provided by U.S. law to the authors of “original works of authorship” fixed in any tangible medium of...
by Francine Ward | Feb 18, 2017 | Copyright Attorney, Copyright Duration, Copyright Expire, Legal, Legal Blog, Legal Information, Trademark
Many online business owners confuse trademark registration with copyright registration. Trademark registration refers to protecting the brand name, color, design, and/or logo of your business, and provides a means to distinguish your product from others in the...
by Francine Ward | Jan 29, 2017 | Copyright Attorney, Copyright Duration, Copyright Expire, Copyright law, Copyright Lawyer, Legal Blog
Here are Three Tips to avoid breaking the law with Copyright Infringement: Legal Copyright Infringement is honestly an oxymoron- if it qualifies as Copyright Infringement, then it is, by definition, illegal. This being said sometimes it’s hard to know where the gray...
by Francine Ward | Jan 29, 2017 | Copyright Attorney, Copyright Duration, Copyright Expire, Copyright Information, Copyright Office, Legal, legal and ethical issues, Legal Blog
The Copyright Act provides the copyright owner with many safeguards to ensure that our content is protected. Our job is to discover that copyright information, and use it to our advantage. A thorough knowledge of the legal safeguards is important, which can come...
by Francine Ward | Jan 29, 2017 | Copyright Duration, Copyright Expire, Copyright Information, Copyright law, Copyright Music, Legal Blog
Whether you write books, articles, web content, blogs, movies, shorts, screenplays, choreographic works, take pictures, or shoot videos—you should always be thinking how best to protect your copyrights, your business brand, and any creative content that you upload to...
