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internet trademark infringement

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  • 08-05-2002 10:44pm
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    shotamoose
    Registered Users Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭


    Does anybody here know have a good grasp of the law regarding trademark and copyright infringement on the internet? Because somebody is threatening to sue me citing same. I'd rather not get into the details here but if anyone DOES know something about this could they pm me?
    Thanks very much...


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    Kraken
    Registered Users Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭Kraken


    what did you take off another site? was it a pic? or code or something?

    From what i understand of it if you take it without asking your ****ed,but i could be wrong. it may depend on what you did.


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    Figment
    Registered Users Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Figment


    What ever is created, it is copyrighted to the creator by default. They do not have to submit it to any copyright office like a patent.
    All programming is covered under litrature copyright law.
    Any specific questions you can pm me.


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    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,412 ✭✭✭jmcc


    Originally posted by shotamoose
    Does anybody here know have a good grasp of the law regarding trademark and copyright infringement on the internet? Because somebody is threatening to sue me citing same. I'd rather not get into the details here but if anyone DOES know something about this could they pm me?
    Thanks very much...

    Trademark infringement and copyright infringement are not the same thing. One relates to a registered trademark (one which may be registered in the US or outside the EU.) and the other relates to a created work (programming/website/text etc).

    If someone has threatened to sue, have they cited the actual trademark registration number and the country of registration? As for the copyright, that is a whole different thing.

    Regards...jmcc


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    Winters
    Registered Users Posts: 14,761 ✭✭✭✭Winters


    As far as i know they cant copyright TEXT so therefor that would include HTML and SCRIPTS (correct me if im wrong). If its an image, product, program they can have copyright laws. depending on what it is you may be up the creak.

    If its an image apologyse (is that right?) and remove the picture from the site...it may work. Im not too sure what it is so tell us and we will advise you on it.


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    Baz_
    Registered Users Posts: 2,660 ✭✭✭Baz_


    youre not right, books are copyrighted materials and theyre FULL of text, literally BURSTING with it.

    (apologise is right btw)


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    Pablo
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Pablo


    afaik it depends on how blatant it is. feel free to PM me the details and i'll have a look at the circumstances.

    Remember
    • If they are threatening you ,make sure you get it in writing (snail mail, registered post if possible) and not e-mail or voice over the phone.
    • Keep all contact you get from them. Note dates and times and people's names.
    • Don't reply to them until you have talked to someone with some legal background.
    • Don't be bullied
    • Be Careful

    also i have sent you a copy of this as a PM


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    rymus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    Originally posted by Winters
    If its an image apologyse (is that right?) and remove the picture from the site...it may work. Im not too sure what it is so tell us and we will advise you on it.

    Yup. Got accused of stealing images from some website a few years back and using them on a clients website. Being that the webmaster of the site was a yank they immediatly threatened legal action if I didnt remove the pictures. All this despite the fact that I had so much proof that these pictures were my own it would have knocked Matlock for six.

    You can not be careful enough when dealing with this type of thing. Its not so bad when youre dealing with rational people who will allow you a set amount of time to remove any offending items but when yanks are concerned.... well.. weve all seen 'judge judy'


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    Cr8or
    Registered Users Posts: 849 ✭✭✭Cr8or


    what about if some one takes your code and images changes it around a bit and says its there own can you do anything about that.


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    amp
    Registered Users Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    Yeah but Crabor sounds l33ter.


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    tmcd
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭tmcd


    For Cr8or,
    Well you can, But i didn't cause too much paperwork involved
    I have a few sites, 2 are basically the same one for Ireland and one for the rest of the world.
    The second http://www.worldschoolphotographs.com when started off first was getting around 10,000 hits a day. delighted with myself and always checked it a few times a day to see if it was running ok. One day I typed in my address wrong www.worldschoolphotos.com and holy feic here is my site Identical from pictures to text I did a whois and only could find out who were hosting it, I complaind to them and they sent me a 10 page e-mail saying fill out that sir and then get back to us to see if we can do anything. I will in my boll*x
    The easy way out for me was to sign his guestbook everyday saying how much of a site stealing *****r he was.
    He didn't last long.


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