Copyright and Software Protection |
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An advertising idea, a seminar manuscript or photography are considered creative services which can be protected as a part of intellectual property.
Copyright protects works of literature, science or art. In our legal system copyright is a very broad area and is very close to some other areas of law. For aesthetic creations, for example the design of furniture, there is the design patent, another special law, the protection of which can be granted by application to the German Patent and Trademark Office. Moreover, copyright contains regulations upon software protection, which can be protected by a technical property right, for example a patent or utility model, under certain conditions. |
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First of all, we check whether the item can generally be protected within the scope of copyright or whether other protection rights have to be recommended.
We determine whether an infringement is existent and initiate the necessary steps, for example the preparation of a warning letter or the filing of a suit.
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