Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Are there generic ''Terms of Use'' and ''Privacy Policy'' documents that could be used for a new website? Also, are breaches to terms in these documents enforceable?

Thanks

Photo from 1941

I havea photograph of my grandparents on their wedding day (apr. 1941). For a memorial service, I wanted to enhance the photo color and quality, as well as resize the image. I took it to a photo editing establishment and was denied service due to copyright law. There is no identifiable marks of who took the photo, nor any copyright marks. I am not intending to sell any portion of the photo, and I am positive the photographer is deceased and the establishment that might have held the rights doesn't exist anymore. I tried to find definable copyright statutes and other laws that would tell me what I am allowed to do with the photo, but can not find any specific answers. Is my photo void of copyright? If not, how do I obtain rights?

business/ intellectual rights

Hi, My mother invented a product in 1983 that is now a standard feature in millions of vehicles worldwide. This invention was the integrated child safety seat. At the time she couldnt afford a patent so she did the next best thing and had it notarized. She then began contacting various auto manufacturers in the hopes of selling the idea. She was contacted by a rep from the chrysler corp. who offered her an obscenely low amount to purchase the rights, my mother refused. She had made one mistake she had made a copy of the designs and written descriptions and sent them to the rep. No further contact was then made and my mom forgot about it hoping to save up the money for a proper patent. soon thereafter the integrated child safety seat was introduced by the chrysler corp. in their minivans. my question is twofold. 1. Is there a statute of limitations on Intellectual rights disputes and, 2. If there are no statutes of limitations in this matter does she have a case? I would really like to know because this has eaten at her for 23 years now thinking of what should have been. thank you for your time i anticipate your reply.

Copyright

I am creating a new online service with customized forms. Do I need to file something to copyright the actual work or is it inferred that it is protected? Do I file at a state level or federal if so?

First to Invent & Abandonment

I am ready to file a patent. The concept of my invention is fully described in a cross section drawing.

Besides the main concept, my patent contains all details necessary for someone to build, to specify and to use the invention.

Let us assume the remotest hypothesis that a company in California has this cross-section drawing in their archives.

Let us assume that an employee scratched this drawing 6 years ago, showed it to this boss and to a colleague and put the drawing away in the company's archive.

And let's further assume that the boss and the colleague didn't care for that drawing and nothing was done since then other than archiving the drawing and forgetting about it.

What risks do I run if these hypotheses happen to be true?

Could a company come out of nowhere and sue me?

In case they sue, what are the odds of them to win, although they did nothing for 6 years?

Is it correct to assume that the worst of the worst that could happen to me is losing the patent rights?

Or could they, on top of stealing my patent require some money compensation from me?

I am not aware of the existence of this company but I dreamt of it last week and I have been restless since.

Copyright infringement questions

This is the situation

We have a business with a logo that we have been branding for the past three years. However, we just recently went through getting a copyright.

We found a group of people using our logo to represent their society.

Do we have legal rights over the use of our logo if it was used by others before we bothered to get a copyright?

What type of action is necessary to take action against un-authorized use of our logo?

trademark name

partnership broke after 20 yrs leaving partner gave 2 wks notice then left and formed llc with same name used by partnership .Partnership not trade mark or registered

Do I need permission to use?

Are court cases found in law journals in law libraries in the public domain? If I mentioned -just briefly and in my own words the subject and maybe the conclusion of a trial and then used the complete citation as a reference- is that adequate? Do I need permission to use.

sue for ATV

Me and a old friend co-own a ATV. We are no longer friends, and he said he is going to sue me. Is he able too?

intellectual property

I have a small French school. I hire independant contractors to teach and to write songs, curriculum, plays. My question is who owns the materials they have writtten? The only contract I have used is a confidentiality agreement. Where would I go from here to secure legal rights for either my school or the teachers? Would your intellectual property document suffice?

Slander on a public web forum

A person made this statement about me on a forum on a public website, where he inferred that I am not honest. I feel that as I am an author, and as this statement was made on a public forum, it may have an injurious effect on my ability to sell future works. Here is the partial statement.

'' ''One would think that an honest man with intelligence would know the difference between a scam printer and a legitimate publishing house. Obviously, that man isn't Don.''''

This was made by man who owns one of the large websites for and about authors. The site he owns is called Preditors and Editors, and the site where this statement was made is the Absolute Write website. I would think that if the remark is slanderous, then both him personally as well as the website where it was posted are at fault. If so, I would consider a lawsuit.

Thank you

trademark

can you trademark a french queens medallion ?

Idea for an add campaign

I have an idea for an ad campaign for a certain industry. How do I protect it? The good thing it that it is just common sense, which is also the bad thing. Logic will lead anyone when I hint about it to ''discover'' the concept.

Should I try to sell it to add agencies or the companies themselves.

My friends are getting tired of me coming up with ideas and never following up because ''someone will just steal it.''

Thanks for any thoughts.

Intellectual Property Laws

I have a large intellectual property issue with a former client that I performed graphic design services for over 12 years as an independent contractor. From my own research, it appears that I am in a favorable position. Why have so many attorneys declined to take my case?

Adult Film releases

If I am making a film or taking pictures of Adult body parts that don't reveal the person's identity (show their face or identity) do I have to have a photo release? If so, is there a specific release form?

SAT questions for a class to teach

If i start a private SAT prep class. I can just buy SAT books for each student and use the their questions right?

Misrepresenting Art

I recently began doing canvas paintings for a retail store. I have not been compensated for the projects I have completed and I recently found out that one of the employees at the business painted two personalized canvases for a customer who was under the impression that the art was my work. When the customer asked why my signature was not on the piece the employee replied that I must have forgotten. I do not want to be taken advantage of. Is there something I can do or is this totally legal?

Copyright or Patent

Our company has created an web-based application that can be used not only for administrative purposes, but also as a marketing website. We are not sure if we are suppose to patent this concept or if we should copyright it?

Copyright issues with customized lamps

Our company sells customized wall lamps. These lamps have faceplate, made of paper, which has a design hand-carved into it by our artist. We are trying to determine what images we can create without violating copyright or trademark laws. We have listed these questions below.

Our Product:

- Does our light box design need to be copyrighted or patented to protect or design from competitors?

- Is it possible that other light box designers might sue us for creating a similar design?

Copyrights & trademarks:

- Can we recreate well known trademarks? For example: The Coca-Cola logo, college logos, sport teams logos, band album art.

- Can we recreate characters from movies, video games, etc? For example: Disney's Mickey Mouse, Nintendo's Mario.

- Can we recreate scenes from movies? (similar to stills on movie posters)

- Can we create derivative art from online images that are not specifically marked in the creative commons/public domain? (i.e. google images, etc)

- We will be accepting images from our clients that we will recreate on the lamps. By having the client sign a disclaimer stating that to their knowledge the image is not copyrighted, will that sufficiently protect us?

Selling Ideas To Companies

Hello. I keep having great ideas for products/ product improvements for various companies and am trying to find out what ways there are to sell those ideas to companies in a way that they can then only use them if they pay the agreed upon amount. (excluding patents)

If you could advise any way to give my interests legal backup for such negotiations, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.