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Question: Can I backup my computer software?

Answer:Yes, under certain conditions as provided by section 117 of the Copyright Act. Although the precise term used under section 117 is archival copy, not backup copy, these terms today are used interchangeably.


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You may be questioning the requirement of a Notice of Copyright.

The use of a copyright notice is no longer required under U.S. law, although it is often beneficial. Because prior law did contain such a requirement, however, the use of notice is still relevant to the copyright status of older works.

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Copyright Essentials

Registering Copyright is protection that subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form. Many aspects to Copyrights exist, such as Filing Out Patents, U.S. Trademark Law, Database Protection, contact our firm to find out more.

Copyrights in each separate contribution to a periodical or other collective work is distinct from copyright in the collective work as a whole and vests initially with the author of the contribution.

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Copyright protection is available for all unpublished works, regardless of the nationality or domicile of the author.

Copyrightable Information Include These Categories We Can Help You With:

  • Preregistration Work
  • Innocent Infringement
  • Television

Copyright protects original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a machine or device. Permission must be obtain to use a copyright by a separte entity. Registering Copyright and copyrights last for the life of the author plus 70 years.


NOTE:
Before 1978, federal copyright was generally secured by the act of publication with notice of copyright, assuming compliance with all other relevant statutory conditions. U. S. works in the public domain on January 1, 1978, (for example, works published without satisfying all conditions for securing federal copyright under the Copyright Act of 1909) remain in the public domain under the 1976 Copyright Act.

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Helpful Terms

Deceased Inventor

Definition:
A named inventor who has died prior to the filing of a patent application or during the prosecution of a patent application.

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