Intellectual Property
COPYRIGHT FILINGS
Copyright law is a law that gives you ownership over the things you create. What can be copyrighted is a broad question; however, some items include a written explanation of a process or story, paintings, photographs, a poem or a novel; thus, if you created it, you own it and it’s the copyright law itself that assures that ownership. Copyrights are filed with the U.S. Copyright Office. The ownership that copyright law grants comes with several rights that you, as the owner, have exclusively. Those rights include:
The right to reproduce the work;
to prepare derivative works;
to distribute copies;
to perform the work; and
to display the work publicly.
Fantetti Legal can an assist you with selecting the proper category the copyright must be filed under, and complete the filing process for you.
LICENSING
A licensing agreement is a legal contract between two parties, which the licensor grants the licensee the right to use certain legally protected properties of the licensor with the licensor’s consent (i.e; right to produce and sell goods, use brand names or trademarks, use intellectual property or patented technology owned by the licensor). In exchange, the licensee usually submits to a series of conditions regarding the use of the licensor’s property and may agree to make payments to the licensor for doing so.