Questions tagged [intellectual-property]
For questions concerning the ownership of ideas, designs and creative work. Specific IP tags include copyright, trademark, and patents.
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Can I play a voice message to a 3rd party?
Suppose someone left me a voice message on my mobile phone, and I then played their message to a 3rd party.
Was it illegal to play the message I received from them to a 3rd party in the U.K.? Who owns ...
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Would it be legal to credit an original song to “traditional”?
Suppose I write a song which, as far as I know, is original and not derived from any other work. I record it and credit the composition to “traditional” rather than myself.
Assume I never claim ...
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Should I pay copyright for referencing/citing published work in a paid service? [closed]
I am not familiar with copyright law.
We want to make a paid service (i.e. a mobile app) that publishes manuals for procedures and other medical information thats written entirely by our staff.
We ...
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How come a SAD Scheme is not litigation misconduct in the first place?
I recently found out about a "Schedule A Defendent" Scheme, where an IP Rightholder files a lawsuit, puts hundreds of defendants in a sealed Schedule A form, and then does not service the ...
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restoration of motion pictures [closed]
A motion picture as The Alamo 70mm this was only produced on a old Laser disc many years ago and no longer sold as a new item : the quality as only that of old crt tv sets not Digital
WE have restored ...
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What is considered 'Property' in the constitutional Right to Property in India?
When talking about the Constitutional Right to Property(Art. 300A), what counts as 'Property'?
I have been reading about how Right to Property was removed as a Fundamental Right(Art. 19(f) & 31) ...
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Does secretly storing copies of video games until they enter public domain violate IP or contracts?
If I were to store copies of video games that would be kept secret until the video games entered the public domain (that would happen after 95 years after release under most cases), would this violate ...
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When producing a product by reverse engineering do you risk lawsuit from only the manufacturer of the product you're reverse engineering?
China makes a tool that I need that was potentially the result of corporate espionage against an OEM (original equipment manufacturer), or similar reverse engineering the OEM tools, or reverse ...
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Are hash values of a copyrighted or trademarked content still subject to the copyright/trademark of the original content?
If I were to reproduce a large amount of text (e.g. from a book), generate a hash value of it, and then use the hash value in e.g. the source code of a software (as an integer, that has to be ...
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Commercial redistribution of Ubuntu
The company I work for is in the process of porting their software to run on Linux. I am one of the software developers working on this and a big part of my job is building the Linux image that the ...
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Are user interface elements subject to trademark?
If yes what ones are? (Color schemes, layouts, etc..)? And it is still infringement when the UI doesn't appear on the advertising?
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Legal restrictions on shortcuts, hotkeys, or keybindings
vim keybindings are very popular among programmers, and used across many tools. Vim happens to be open source, so anyone can use the keybindings. However, for a new tool, would it be possible to ...
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Do I need to pay Performance Royalties at a wedding?
As mentioned in this question, one must obtain a statutory or compulsory license to perform music in a public setting.
By extension, this should mean that one must obtain a license to sing at a ...
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Can photos of misspelled public business signs (or links to Google Street View) be used to advertise a spelling consultancy?
If a business has a sign above their door or elsewhere displayed along a public road such that it is prominently displayed to passing car and pedestrian traffic, what would the main legal issues be if ...
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Can a website that hosts Public Domain images forbid commercial use of such images
I notice that Wikimedia Commons hosts many images clearly in the public domain (published before 1929 in the US) that have been uploaded from Worthpoint.com. WorthPoint's Terms of Use forbid ...
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