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Hopefully you have never experienced the sinking feeling that comes with discovering your creative work has been knocked off and is being...

One of the exclusive rights that belong to a copyright owner is the right to distribute their work to the public. This means that only...

Question/Hypothetical: You and your small kids are big fans of the show “Paw Patrol.” For your daughter’s 7th birthday, you decide to...

If you are the owner of a copyrighted work and you think you have been copied, there are some questions to consider before taking any...

Are rubber stamps (or clear stamps - any kind of stamps) copyrighted? They can be, sure. As long as the image on the stamp is...

This, ladies and gentlemen, is a phone book. Before there was Google, if you needed contact information, you got it from the phone book....

MYTH: I can copy up to a certain percentage of someone’s work and it is not infringement. The Jury Says: FALSE. There is no hard number...

MYTH: Copyright only protects against actual copying. If you have not copied someone's work, there is no infringement. The JURY SAYS:...

What Happened? In Precious Moments, Inc. v. La Infantil, Inc., Precious Moments, Inc. (“PMI”) licensed its artwork to manufacturers which...

What Lead to the Lawsuit? Jacobus Rentmeester took this iconic photo of Michael Jordan in 1984. I don't know about you but, I have never...

If you have a copyright on a work, you are the proud owner of several rights that are exclusively yours. The reproduction right is...