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Copyright Items Our Firm Can Help With

- Statutory Exemptions

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- Copyright Protection

- Patent

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- Audiovisual Works

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Copyrights FAQs


Question: I want to copyright my business name. Which form do I use?

Answer:Names, titles, short phrases, and slogans are not copyrightable.


Did You Know?

The terms "copyright", "patent", and "trademark" are often thought as the same thing, but they actually mean very different things.

A copyright protects intellectual property, such as books and music. A patent protects actual inventions and products. A trademark protects words and symbols associated with a business.

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Copyright Essentials

Single-Copy Reproductions is protection that subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form. Many aspects to Copyrights exist, such as International Copyright, Copyright Registration, Trademark, contact our firm to find out more.

Copyrights in each separate contribution to a periodical or other collective work is distinct from copyright in the collective work as a whole and vests initially with the author of the contribution.

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Copyright protection is available for all unpublished works, regardless of the nationality or domicile of the author.

Copyrightable Information Include These Categories We Can Help You With:

  • Copyright Registration
  • Copyright Infringement
  • Downloading Restrictions

Copyright protects original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a machine or device. Permission must be obtain to use a copyright by a separte entity. Single-Copy Reproductions and copyrights last for the life of the author plus 70 years.


NOTE:
Before 1978, federal copyright was generally secured by the act of publication with notice of copyright, assuming compliance with all other relevant statutory conditions. U. S. works in the public domain on January 1, 1978, (for example, works published without satisfying all conditions for securing federal copyright under the Copyright Act of 1909) remain in the public domain under the 1976 Copyright Act.

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Copyright News

Library of Congress Examines Copyright Issues in Digital Preservation of Commercial Sound Recordings
This report will be of great value in creating a national preservation plan.

U. S. Copyright Office Welcomes Students During Copyright Awareness Week
students and teachers from across the country are invited to visit the Librarys James Madison Building to meet with copyright specialists

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Publisher Statement

Definition:
Text printed in each issue of a serial providing information such as the publication name, owner, staff, and frequency. This is generally found within the first few pages of text.

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