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Copyright Law Category Archives — Indiana Intellectual Property Law News Published by Patent and Trademark Litigation Attorney — Copyright Infringement Lawyer — Overhauser Law Offices, LLC
Copyright Royalty Board Moves to All Electronic Filing
Indiana copyright owners will now be able to collect royalties more easily. The Copyright Royalty Board Judges announced the termination of the transition period from paper filing to electronic filing using the eCRB electronic filing and case management system. Effective January 1, 2018, all parties having the requisite technological capability must file documents electronically. The CRB will not accept paper filings except filings (1) from pro se parties technologically incapable of using eCRB and (2) documents not amenable to electronic filing as described in 37 CFR § 350.5(j). Any entity obtaining an eCRB password consents to electronic delivery of all documents subsequent to a Petition to Participate. See 37 CFR § 350.5(g). The Judges refer counsel and pro se parties having an interest in CRB proceedings to 37 CFR § 350.5.
Updated: January 3, 2018 7:46 am
Copyright Law: Registering a Work with the Copyright Office
To register a work, submit a completed application form, and a nonreturnable copy or copies of the work to be registered to the U.S. Copyright Office. See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section “Registration Procedures., and Circular 4, Copyright Office Fees”.
Yes. The Copyright Office offers online registration through its electronic Copyright Office (eCO). See SL-35.
slick advertisements, color photocopies, and other print items
Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed. The U.S. Copyright Office has more information in Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section “What Works Are Protected.”
Copyright law does not protect domain names. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that has assumed the responsibility for domain name system management, administers the assigning of domain names through accredited registers.
No. Names are not protected by copyright law. Some names may be protected under trademark law. Contact an intellectual property attorney or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for further information or see Circular 34 “Copyright Protection Not Available for Names, Titles, or Short Phrases.”
Copyright does not protect names, titles, slogans, or short phrases. In some cases, these things may be protected as trademarks. Contact an intellectual property attorney or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for further information or see Circular 34. However, copyright protection may be available for logo artwork that contains sufficient authorship. In some circumstances, an artistic logo may also be protected as a trademark.
Updated: February 16, 2017 3:48 pm
Introduction to Criminal Copyright Infringement – Third Element: Willfulness
The third element of a criminal prosecution for copyright infringement requires that the
government establish that the defendant possessed criminal intent to infringe the holder’s copyrighted work. Courts generally agree that a “willful” act must be “an act intentionally done in violation of the law.”
However, in defining willfulness when it comes to copyright infringement, courts differ in their interpretations of which of the two acts – copying or infringing – requires willful intent. The minority view, endorsed by the Second and Ninth Circuits, holds that “willful” means only intent to copy, not intent to infringe. The majority view, however, looks for intent to infringe rather than merely intent to copy, thus, requiring the government to demonstrate a voluntary, intentional violation of a known legal duty.
Posted in: Copyright Law and Criminal IP
Updated: August 17, 2015 8:36 am
Criminal Copyright Infringement – 17 U.S.C. § 506(a) and 18 U.S.C. § 2319
The principal criminal statute protecting copyrighted works is 17 U.S.C. § 506(a), which provides that “[a]ny person who infringes a copyright willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain” shall be punished as provided in 18 U.S.C. § 2319. Section 2319 provides, in pertinent part, that a 5-year felony shall apply if the offense “consists of the reproduction or distribution, during any 180-day period, of at least 10 copies or phonorecords, of 1 or more copyrighted works, with a retail value of more than $2,500.” 18 U.S.C. § 2319(b)(1).
The 1992 amendments to section 2319 have made it possible to pursue felony-level sanctions for violations relating to all types of copyrighted works, including computer software and other works written, stored or transmitted in a digital format, if the other elements of the statute are satisfied. Felony penalties attach only to violations of a victim’s rights of reproduction or distribution in the quantity stated. A misdemeanor shall apply if the defendant does not meet the numerical and monetary thresholds, or if the defendant is involved in the infringement of the other rights bestowed upon the copyright holder, including the right to prepare derivative works, or the right to publicly perform a copyrighted work.
There are four essential elements to a charge of criminal copyright infringement: (1) that a valid copyright; (2) was infringed by the defendant; (3) willfully; and (4) for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain. Attempts to infringe are prohibited to the same extent as the completed act. Conspiracies to violate the Copyright Act can be prosecuted under 18 U.S.C. § 371. A minority of courts also require that the government prove the absence of a first sale, and refer to this as a fifth element of a section 506(a) offense. However, the majority position is that the absence of a first sale is an affirmative defense.
Updated: July 31, 2015 12:12 pm
Copyright Law Introduction – Federal Law Preempts State Law
Historically, copyright protection had been provided through a dual system under which the federal government, by statute, provided limited monopolies for intellectual property concurrently with state statutory and common laws that established roughly equivalent protections. In 1976, Congress fundamentally changed this system by introducing a single, preemptive federal statutory scheme. The federal preemption provision, codified at 17 U.S.C. § 301(a), states that:
As stated in the legislative history, “[a]s long as a work fits within one of the general subject matter categories [of federal statutory copyrights], the bill prevents the States from protecting it even if it fails to achieve federal statutory copyright because it is too minimal or lacking in originality to qualify, or because it has fallen into the public domain.” H.R. Rep. No. 1476, 94th Cong., 2d Sess. 51, 131 (1976).
Updated: July 30, 2015 10:51 am
Criminal Copyright Law: An Introduction
The law of copyright is codified at Title 17 of the United States Code. The principal prohibitions relating to criminal copyright infringement are set forth at 17 U.S.C. § 506(a) and 18 U.S.C. § 2319. Titles 17 and 18 also contain a number of other provisions that make illegal certain practices which are inconsistent with Congress’ copyright protection scheme.
In the past several years, these criminal sanctions have been revised significantly, and the penalties for criminal infringement of copyrights have been increased. Under the Copyright Felony Act of 1992, infringement of a copyrighted work may now constitute a felony under federal law, depending on the number of infringing copies reproduced or distributed in a 180-day period, and their retail value.
Updated: July 29, 2015 8:29 am