COPYRIGHT LAW

About Burgoyne Law GroupWho is Burgoyne Law Group?Burgoyne Law Group is a A/V-rated intellectual property and business lawyers who offer big-firm licensing and commercial litigation expertise in a small-firm setting. Their attorneys learned their craft at some of California’s best-known firms, where they worked on large and complex matters. They chose to practice at a smaller firm, where they can make a bigger contribution to their clients’ businesses and lives.

What does Burgoyne Law Group do?Burgoyne Law Group delivers practical, economical solutions to the clients’ most pressing intellectual property and business law problems. The legal matters they handle often reach across several areas of law. Their focused IP licensing and business litigation expertise enables us to cut through those complexities to the core issues facing their clients. Their small firm surroundings ensure that they resolve those issues in the way that best suits each client’s unique financial and business priorities.

Our copyright lawyers specialize in software licensing & online copyright

infringement.

The Copyright LawThe Burgoyne Law Group’s copyright lawyers help developers, authors and other creators protect their copyrighted works, in particular as embodied in software or as distributed on the Internet. Our lawyers also defend the rights of others to use creative material in lawful ways.

A copyright is a body of exclusive rights granted by federal law to the creator of certain artistic, literary or audio/visual works. Those exclusive rights include the rights to copy, publish, perform, display and prepare “derivative works,” or new works based largely on the copyrighted work.

Copyright protection is automatic; it arises the moment a work is created. Federal copyright registration, however, provides advantages, including the right to initiate copyright infringement litigation. Copyright protection does not attach to all written works, such as certain types of software source code. A copyright lawyer can help you understand whether and how copyright law applies to your works.

Ask a Copyright Attorney: Should I Register my Copyright?

Should You Register Your Copyright?Your copyrightable work is entitled to copyright protection regardless of whether you register it. Still, registration of a copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office provides certain benefits. Those benefits include:

Public Record – copyright registration creates a public record of your authorshipEvidence of Authorship – in court, copyright registration constitutes “prima facie”

evidence of your authorship Leverage with Infringers – infringers may be more inclined to cease and desist upon

hearing of your registered copyright Litigation – copyright registration is a pre-condition of filing a copyright

infringement lawsuitDamages – in litigation, registration entitles you to “statutory damages,” which can

be significantly more than actual damages

Should You Register Your Copyright?For authors of multiple works, the copyright registration process can be expensive and burdensome. Depending on the nature and value of your works, however, the benefits of registration may outweigh the costs. Our copyright attorneys can help you decide whether it’s worth registering your copyright. To arrange a consultation with a copyright lawyer, contact us.

The Burgoyne Law Group’s copyright lawyers have successfully prosecuted and defended numerous copyright infringement lawsuits. They also have extensive experience counseling clients on software licensing, online content distribution and other copyright licensing matters. Our copyright attorneys have particular expertise in software development and consulting disputes, and in cases concerning the ownership and distribution of mobile phone apps.

Copyright Matters Handled by our LawyersSoftware licensing litigationSoftware development, assignment and

ownership disputesSoftware compliance audit counseling,

preparation and negotiation Internet content licensing and online copyright

infringement litigationData scraping/web scraping counseling and

disputesDigital Millennium Copyright Act safe harbor

immunity litigationSoftware piracy investigations and litigation

Copyright Matters Handled by our LawyersRegardless of whether you’re a copyright infringement plaintiff or defendant, the passage of time can affect your rights. If you are considering filing, or have been served with, a copyright infringement lawsuit, contact us to arrange for an immediate consultation with one of our copyright attorneys.

For more information on the Burgoyne Law Group’s copyright lawyers and our copyright law practice, please see our attorney bios, the list of representative copyright law matters handled by our attorneys, and our intellectual property litigation practice page. We also invite you to visit our software and Internet industry practice pages, and our Software Licensing & Services Law Blog and E-Commerce & Internet Law Blog, and to contact us to arrange a consultation with a copyright lawyer. A/V-Rated Breach of Contract Lawyers - Our attorneys excel in IP licensing, business dissolution, investment, Internet and other complex contract disputes

Discuss your copyright law matter with one of our attorneys today

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