What Is Mandatory Deposit?
Copies of all works under copyright protection that have been published in the United States are required to be deposited with the Copyright Office within three months of the date of first …
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How Do I Register My Copyright?
To register a work, you need to submit a completed application form, a nonrefundable filing fee of $30, and a nonreturnable copy or copies of the work to be registered to Copyright …
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Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreements
There are times when a business or entrepreneur would benefit from sharing confidential and valuable information with a third party. Yet, some business owners and entrepreneurs hesitate because they are concerned about what the third party will do with the information. They do not want the confidential information shared with others or used by the third party for that …
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Protect the Intellectual Property in Your Business
The largest companies in the world today owe their value not only to the property they own or the property they manufacture, but also to their "intellectual property" - the ideas they create. Microsoft’s value is not based just on the number of DVDs it sells, but the computer code that is on those DVDs. Google’s value exists because of patents that …
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