How to protect video game
How to protect video games This guide will show you the possibilities of legal protection of video games regardless of gaming platform. It is intended for those who are willing to market their video games or publish them by any means. Guide is however not comprehensive, as the individual issues will be discussed in future […]
How to protect your book
How to protect your book The question which is mostly asked by authors too late, when they already are in some kind of dispute or someone send them later that they are in potential breach with someone else rights. That is bad, but great news is that the law gives authors in most countries various […]
Book authors and Intellectual property lawyers
Book authors and Intellectual property lawyers There is old saying in some countries which says “Do not put all your hopes into something you do not completely understand.“ We do not want to say that as a book writer you do not know your story, your work, your genre, your characters, ideas and so on. […]
Intellectual Property and Expanding business abroad
Intellectual Property and Expanding business abroad This article is guide intended mainly for those who wish to expand their business to another country i. e. other than home country. It covers challenges that needs to be considered and explaining how important it is to be prepared to protect your intellectual property (IP) before this expansion. […]
Using existing story in your book
Using existing story in your book Very important topic to understand and to be aware of for every book author or other work creator is whether you can or can not be inspired by books of other authors when creating yours. If yes, in what extent? From the law perspective, in most countries, the copyright […]
How to Use © Copyright Symbol
How to Use © Copyright symbol This article will mostly focus on book authors perspective on this matter, but it can also help you answer your question even if you have other copyrighted work like software, website, documents, manuscripts, photographs or designs. What does © symbol mean? The symbol © basically means that you reserve […]
International Intellectual Property
International Intellectual Property Many businesses operate worldwide and therefore there are various ways of protecting your intellectual property (IP) on the international level. As there are quite a lot international organizations related to IP protection, we will include only the main international IP protection systems which are, according to our opinion, most important for businesses – […]
Selling Intellectual Property
Selling Intellectual Property Selling your intellectual property (IP) is one of the ways of how you can monetize your creations. Advantage of selling IP in comparisson to licensing it is that you are most probably going to get more money right away than you would get by granting license to it. However it also has […]
Licensing Intellectual Property
Licensing Intellectual Property Most common way of monetizing your intellectual property (IP) is licensing. The main advantage when comparing to IP sale is that you remain the owner or author of your IP. By licensing you assign your rights to your IP such as trademark, patent, design or copyright to another person in exchange for […]