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It may seem harmless to use a picture from the Internet on your website, but when you copy and paste an image from one website to another you have infringed on the owner’s copyright. How will the owner ever know? While it is unlikely the owner of the image will ever visit your website, there are companies that exist for …
Business owners may use employees or independent contractors to produce websites, software, logos, articles, or other unique creative works for use by the company. It may surprise you to know that, without a Work for Hire Agreement, your company does not own the work created by an independent contractor. Who owns work created by an Independent Contractor? By default, independent …
I am frequently asked what protection “Fair Use” provides under Federal Copyright law. But Fair Use is not a protection or license to use the work of another, it is merely a defense to copyright infringement. What are the Standards for Fair Use? In general, infringement can be defended by showing that proper credits were given to the author of …
A confidentiality agreement can protect any type of information that is not generally known. Types of information that is not generally known include intellectual property, such as trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks and patents. A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information by which a business can obtain an economic advantage over competitors or …
Confidentiality Agreement (also known as Non-Disclosure Agreement or NDA) For a new business, it is important to protect your confidential information; which includes an invention, idea, trade secret, trademark, copyright, or patent. As with most startup businesses, to get the company off the ground you need to use designers or independent contractors. In some circumstances you will need to provide …
