Star Wars has been popular for over three decades now, and with the latest movies coming out in the past few years, it’s no wonder that people are trying to cash in on them as much as possible. There’s still a strong following for the Star Wars movies, and there are a bunch of companies […]
While it might sound a bit out there, intellectual property laws are part of what helps athletes improve. Athletes rely on technology and tools just as much as the next person, and some of the created technologies available make them better than they were before. For this reason, most athletes have been improved thanks to […]
Many people believe that they understand certain words when in legal documents they could be used in another manner. Understanding legal definitions has been the downfall of several documents as many parties will sign them and believe that they understand entirely. With a licensing agreement, that could be a very costly mistake. Many who create […]
You have a website; it is your pride and joy and you cannot wait until others see it. What happens next is not what you anticipated, however. You get it out the public and start advertising it like crazy so that your business takes off in an upward fashion, yet all of a sudden you […]
Most little girls have a doll or two during their childhood. Some like the baby doll types and others like to play grown up with an older doll. The most famous of these older dolls is Barbie. Barbie has been around for generations and the name evokes images of long blond hair, blue eyes with […]
Intellectual property law has been around for well over two hundred years. It has been added to and rewritten in efforts to keep up with the changing times. The internet forever changed the way material is published. To protect your original works, you need intellectual property protection. The good news is that it may be […]
Copyright laws have evolved over the years since they were first enacted in 1970. However, the same basic principle of legal protection for owners of written material is still the same. And yet there are many aspects of personal creation that are not protected under Copyright laws. Copyright 101 You do not have to register […]
Throughout the time sine copyright laws have been in effect, there have been many cases claiming a violation of a copyright. The first thing to understand about copyrights is that they are laws protecting the artistic creation of someone. This would include books, paintings, photographs and songs, to name a few. Sometimes the violation […]
Have you ever heard of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)? This Act was passed in 1998 and addresses copyright infringements on the internet. The Act was intended to stop those who would circumvent the normal measures to be granted the rights to disseminate something online. Everyday there are millions of people posting photos, quotes, […]
