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Question: Do I have to register with your office to be protected?

Answer:No. In general, registration is voluntary. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. You will have to register, however, if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work.


Glossary Terms Related To Digital Audio Transmission & Copyright Topics

Logo

Definition:
A graphic representation or symbol of a company name or trademark, usually designed for ready recognition. The term has no legal significance in the law of trademark.

Trade Dress

Definition:
The totality of elements in which a product or service is packaged or presented, such as the shape and appearance of a product or container, or the cover of a book or magazine.

Field Of Use Restriction

Definition:
A provision in an intellectual property license restricting the licensee to use of the licensed property only in a defined product or service market.

Unfair Competition

Definition:
Commercial conduct that the law views as unjust. A person injured by an act of unfair competition is entitled to relief in a civil action against the perpetrator of the act.

Derivative Work

Definition:
A work based on a preexisting work that is changed, condensed, recast, or embellished in some way.

Fair use

Definition:
The purpose and character of the disputed use; the nature of the copyrighted work; the importance of the portion used in relation to the work as a whole; and the effect of the use on the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.



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Copyright News

Improper Font Management Could Have Companies Sleeping with the Fishes
It seems seldom addressed, but international intellectual property laws and copyrights extend to typefaces used by companies everywhere.

Register of Copyrights Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Peters, who recently celebrated 40 years of service in the Copyright Office, received written tributes on the occasion from Librarian of Congress James H. Billington

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Helpful Terms

Intent To Use

Definition:
ITU - refers to the intent-to-use filing basis provided for in Trademark Act. Applicants who have not yet used (in commerce that can be regulated by Congress) the mark they wish to register may file a trademark application under this filing basis.

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