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Work-for-hire unpaid: who owns the IP?
Suppose X is a software developer, the only employee of sole proprietor Y.
The contract is oral, "build an app like (famous app), earn $wage per week". Laws breached by this are outside the ...
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Are online file converters legal?
Online file converter: Web-based tool or service that allows you to convert files from one format to another through the internet. Users upload a file in a specific format, it is converted on the site'...
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Must Apple facilitate transfer of app purchases from one user account to another?
A recent question addresses EU law allowing the resale of software licenses. I asked on that answer, “ Does this mean that you could transfer one-time or subscription purchases of apps from mobile app ...
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Under what conditions are 3rd party works automatically subject to the OGL 1.0a?
Are 3rd party creations that are "compatible with" D&D automatically subject to the OGL (OGL 1.0a for the purposes of all references in this question), or can they be published without ...
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Law behind copying items multiple times
Hypothetical scenario: Mr. Peter creates a piece of know-how, e.g. a unique pizza recipe.
Can he sell the recipe to more than one company?
What is called a type of contract that enables multiple ...
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At what point is uploading a movie with heavy compression not copyright infringement?
My friend recently linked me a GIF of the entire Shrek movie in 60x60 resolution. At the time of writing this, it has 12 million views on imgur. This got me thinking, could a copyright holder ...
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Copyright infringement on contents posted by website users
Someone has a website like YouTube, so registered users can post any videos. A user posted a video that is a copyright infringement. Can the copyright owner sue the website owner for this?
I have read ...
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Copyright infringement on my own designs
Can someone steal my website design and then after creating her/his own website sue me for copyright infringement?
I have such a assumptions because of this:
While it is easier to take action against ...
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EU trademark registered in bad faith
Company A has been using an unregistered trademark for 15+ years in the EU.
Newly established company B registers the trademark in EU, and sends a cease and desist to company A.
My understanding is ...
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To whom does copyright of an item belong, if a computer program is used to create it, according to the Deutsches Urheberrecht?
Section 69b of the German Copyright Law "Deutsches Urheberrecht" states that:
Where a computer program is created by an employee in the execution of his duties or following the instructions ...
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You use 1000 3D models in an animated movie, accidentally only one was not yours, then what?
So you record an animated movie in some software and spend hours and years working on it, but shoes on one of the characters were not your copyright and IP.
What can the original owner now do? Can he ...
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Is it legal if I collect and sell public data from Twitter?
Let's assume that, technically i am able to collect the public information from Twitter (including user's profile and their tweets) from Twitter.
I am wondering, is it legal to sell this data?
How ...
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Is it legal to publish a third-party server software that allows people to host their own dedicated server for a game?
One of our favorite online games recently got all its servers shut down so that it isn't playable anymore. As a few friends and I are quite experienced at programming and reverse engineering, we have ...
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Is it legal to alter and resell a product under its original name?
I recently picked up a little business on the side, and I am thinking of bringing it a step further by approaching a store that can sell the product for me, which got me thinking about the legality of ...
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Is there an EU regulation mandating companies' IT equipment to be changed every three months?
I had visited with my university a Greek IT company that specializes in refurbishing used computers and peripherals. The executive that toured us had mentioned that there is an EU regulation that ...
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If I don't patent my invention, how closely can a competitor copy my product?
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I had an idea for how to make a certain product much better. I'm currently in the prototyping stage for a product based on that idea. That idea (the solution to the problem of improving ...
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Could a third party revive a dead trademark if another company has unlawfully been using it?
Suppose Company "A" registered the trademark "John Doe" with the EUIPO.
Company "A" has declared bankruptcy and been liquefied, but the trademark was retained by Company "A"'s founder.
During this ...
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What does "reasonable" mean?
I have seen the phrase 'reasonable conditions' used quite often in legal texts, and I always get nervous, as I don't know how to interpret it.
Imagine a Confidentiality and Assignment Agreement with ...
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Meeting the "traditional" requirement for Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)
The EU's Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) scheme is defined in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and supplemented by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014 (http://...
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Have watermarks in digital downloads ever been used to prosecute uploaders?
Most digital downloads (music, ebooks) today are protected by watermarks. But I'm not aware of any high-profile cases where these watermarks have been used to prosecute uploaders of said works to e.g. ...
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What's the meaning of "damages" of copyright infringement under a copyleft license?
As a general rule, civil suits for copyright violation exist to recover damages caused by the violation, and prevent future damage thereof. Under that standard, a rather novel form of copyright seems ...
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Signed a contract with employer stating they own all my IP; they sent an email saying its only for competing products. Should I be worried?
I recently joined a large IT company, before joining I had concerns with my contract, it states that they own all rights over what I create (from ideas, software, you name it).
I love making my own ...
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Property rights on product for specified region
Company A has developed product incorporating owned intellectual property. Can Company A sell intellectual property rights for this product for Company B just for defined geographic region (for ...
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Any legal consequences using existing free product available for everyone
First of all, I want to say that my language used in the question might sound vague and incompetent, because it I'm not familiar with legal terminologies even in my native language.
I have an idea ...
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Do I as a European Union citizen have the right to watch TV shows outside my country and download in my country?
In the UK, it is possible to download TV shows in the UK and watch them afterwards outside the UK.
http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/tv/watch_outside_uk
I would like to know if this is based on ...
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What kind of ownership do I have over articles I wrote?
So, a few months ago I was working for a big blog and then I resigned because I didn't want to write any more articles for them. Some of the articles were original and a few were translations by me ...
