COPYRIGHT PROTECTION SERVICES

Defending Your Copyright

A copyright is an ownership right that automatically vests when creating an original work of authorship – like a literary work, song, movie, or software. Your ownership rights include the exclusive right to reproduce the work, to prepare derivative works, to distribute copies, and to perform and display the work publicly. These  exclusive rights provide strategic and economic value for your business and as such, our copyright attorneys can assist you with protecting those unique rights. Our Dallas copyright attorneys assist with securing , retaining , and enforcing the exclusive rights in and to your copyrighted works. How To Collect Attorney Fees In Copyright Cases

What Rights Are Being Protected In A Copyright?

A copyright grants you two basic rights, which need to be protected: (i) economic rights and (ii) moral rights. Economic rights are just that, the economic right to earn money from your work. If you create a copyrightable work, you have the right to demand and receive compensation from anyone who uses it directly or through copyright licensing. Moral rights are your rights to advertise the fact that you created the work and that work cannot be altered unless you approve it. 

In addition to protecting your economic and moral rights, our intellectual property attorneys also assist with protecting your intellectual property and copyrightable works in other ways:

• Copyright registration and counseling for technology companies and authors of creative works;

• Negotiating and preparing copyright related agreements, such as software, database, hardware, technology, and procurement;

• Advising on international software distribution and sales representative agreements;

• Representing your business in copyright disputes;

• Acting as outside general counsel to your company;

• Counseling on the commercialization of your business and copyrights; and

• Counseling businesses on matters related to the protection of intellectual property rights over the Internet.

What Is A Collective Copyright?

A collective copyright work is created when multiple authors contribute to work without intending to create an interdependent whole, such as periodical or anthology. Unlike a collaborative work, authors of a collective copyright work are not joint authors of the whole work, and individuals retain their copyright ownership to their individual contributions. It is important to note that if a copyright is a collaborative work and not just a collective work, each copyright owner of the collaborative work will owe compensation to each owner for any paid use.  Our copyright attorneys advise on collaborative versus collective copyrighted works as well as the protection and enforcement of copyright rights.