Trademarks or servicemarks allow people to identify the source of goods or services, not the products or services themselves. When people see your trademark, they will know where the product came from or who is providing the service. Trademarks can be names, symbols, packaging, the shape of a product, the colors of a product, the [...]
John Harrington recently has been writing about photographers working for free. The promise of future paid work is often the response of those caught infringing your photos. Don’t believe it.
Photographers’ images usually are infringed by others copying the image, either in whole or in part. But photographs also may be infringed when others copy the expression of the photograph. Ray Dowd over at the Copyright Litigation Blog recently reported on a prime example of whether a stained glass window infringed a photograph. The court [...]
Photographers’ images usually are infringed by others copying the image, either in whole or in part. But photographs also may be infringed when others copy the expression of the photograph. Ray Dowd over at the Copyright Litigation Blog recently reported on a prime example of whether a stained glass window infringed a photograph. The court [...]
Although most of my posts on bad rules in photo contests are now distributed through my Twitter account, these are worth their own entry. (1) Sigma is sponsoring a “Momtographers” Photo Contest. Unfortunately, the rules provide that: By submitting an Entry, entrant, or in the case of a minor, the minor’s parent or legal guardian, [...]