... litigation in the future. According to Debora H. Shavarese, a trademark attorney in the Dallas office of the Roth 12 Hopkins & Sutter law firm, "The key is to protect your business's mark before you invest time and money in advertising and product development. Protection may seem cost-prohibitive at the beginning, but it's worth it. The whole value of a catchy name is ... have reached such enormous proportions worldwide, there are now organizations that specifically concentrate on fighting these counterfeiters. Serving as "copy cops" in a way, groups such as the Software Publishers Assoc...

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... creators by giving them the credit they deserve in the form of recognition and financial rewards. History of Copyrights: The first copyright law was passed in England in 1710; it was called the "Statute of Anne- and maintained that authors should be the primary beneficiaries of this copyright law. This law also designated a period of 28 years after which the work would pass into public ... the year of first publication and the name of the copyright owner. The Universal Copyright Convention (UCC) has also required the inclusion of the copyright symbol on the first date of publication. Als...

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... whole new category of intellectual property, especially computer software. A major commercial program can take a team of one hundred or more highly skilled and highly paid programmers years to create and sell for hundreds of dollars per copy. The fundamental problem with intellectual property as an ethical category is that it is purely individualistic. Meaning that it focuses on the creator/developer ... options. ii) These untested, counterfeit discs may be infected with viruses that will damage your hard drive and may cripple your entire network. iii) If they copy software at work, user...

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... enhancements to the Product at no charge. LICENSEE"S RIGHTS This Agreement grants the Licensee the right to install and use one copy of the Product on a single computer, and if the Product includes a function that enable your computer to act as a network server, any number of computers or workstation may access or otherwise utilize the network services of ... that server. CERTAIN RESERVATIONS (a) Because the product may contain defects, Licensee is responsible for establishing back-up, log, batch, review, and other procedures and controls ... ownership of rights with respect to the Prod...

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