Protecting
Your
Website, Privacy and New Laws
Intellectual Property Rights in a Website:
Securing Intellectual Property Rights:*
Privacy, Publicity, personal rights, International in scope.
Copyright: Registration a Must...
The Benefits of Copyright Registration:
So What? To Stop a Copyright Pirate In the U.S.A. :
To Get Damages and Stop Imports, register before...
Digital Millenium Copyright Act, 1998 Complete Revamp of Law
DMCA: Intellectual Property on The Internet:
Year 2000, 1999: MANY MORE NEW LAWS
TRADEMARK: to protect “goodwill” and reputation...
U.S. TRADEMARKS ®
STRAIGHT UP SM
What TMs Are: What forms they take
With the Internet: More Devices
Trademarks: Fanciful Vs. Descriptive
Trademark and Internet: Why Care?
A “Famous” Mark or Name - Dilution:
Internet makes major difference
Dilution – no need to prove “likely to cause public confusion” as to Source
Use of Other’s Materials on Sites: Don’t Get Sued
Recent Fair Use and Parody Cases :
Anti-Porn Laws Violate 1st Amendment But Avoid its Use on Site