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Q. I have a design patent which expired 3 years ago. I see many similar inventions on the market now, could I sue for infringement or can I still put this into production? posted Tuesday 22 of January 2013 by peter A. You (and anyone else for that matter) should be able to make the design as described in your expired design patent, provided that ... view tags: design, patent, expired, invention, infringement

Q. What copyright laws apply to the cut-and-pasting of material from the World Wide Web? posted Thursday 21 of June 2012 by Pamela A. Unfortunately, all the copyright laws apply to cutting and pasting from the Internet. Unless you have a defense, like fair use, o... view tags: copyright, cut-and-pasting, cut, paste, material, www, web, internet

Q. When might fair-use conditions apply to the use of political party logos for online publications and content? posted Monday 11 of June 2012 by Jerry A. Fair use factors would have to be weighed based on the facts of the case. No easy answer, sorry. If you lay out all the facts fo... view tags: fair-use, political, party, logos

Q. I have created several cartoon characters and plan to register copyright for them. After registering copyright, I would like to create a sewing or crocheting pattern for those characters and sell the pattern to customers while specifying that it is only to be used for personal use, and that the end product produced from the pattern is not to be sold. Does my registered copyright of the original cartoon that I designed the pattern from also apply to the end product (the toy) that the customer crochets by using my pattern? Am I legally allowed to restrict the customers from selling toys they make of my copyrighted character from the patterns I sell to them? posted Sunday 26 of February 2012 by Dana A. Yes, the copyright does extend to your toy. Yes, you should be able to limit their use to personal use as well. You just need a pr... view tags: cartoon, characters, crocheting, pattern, toy

Q. I have invented a writing system to preserve tribal languages. Can I patent this system? posted Wednesday 14 of September 2011 by tony A. Yes, you would have copyright protection in most developed countries in your writing system without doing anything in particular. ... view tags: patent, writing, system, language, tribal

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