[Jewelry making - Article 01247] - Re: [Orchid] Marketing treated gems as legitimate product

[James White]

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>>    Designed by Nature, Perfected by People 

>     Greg, limited only by my rights as set forth by the copyright laws 

    My best educated guess---and nobody can get the "final" answer
    without a court fight---is that the Copyright laws will give you 0
    rights. The first round is cheap and easy, you fill in a form, sign a
    check for $30, and send them to the Copyright Office in the Library
    of Congress (www.copyright.gov). They either send you back a
    rejection saying it is too short to qualify for Copyright or they
    send you back a Copyright Registration which gives you the right to
    pay all kinds of lawyer fees and legal costs to try to stop anyone
    that uses it without permission. If the former happens (rejection)
    then you can ratchet things up a notch by filing suit to get it
    accepted for registration by the Copyright Office... 

    BTW, you forgot to include the notice requirements Greg must follow
    to protect YOUR rights, without proper notice YOU could totally lose
    any rights you might have... 

    But I'm assuming your grant was mainly tongue-in-cheek too... 

    There has again recently been a lot of mixing up copyright and
    trademark on this forum. For a quick overview of the distinctions
    (and links to more info) see my www.idearights.com web site.

James E. White
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