A copyright is generally issued for unique written materials such as a book, poem or article. Authors apply for copyright protection in order to preserve their financial and publication rights accruing from their work. Copyright law is federal law practice for the most part and concerns copyright applications and copyright infringement lawsuits. The law is designed to promote creative work by granting protections to the creator. An attorney skilled in this area of law can assist the author of written work in the application process by helping to distinguish the work from other similar works that may already have copyright protection. A copyright law attorney may also be able to bring copyright infringement lawsuits, or defend their client against a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by another party. An attorney who practices in this field is often called an intellectual property attorney.

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