Ten Things Every Designer Needs to Know about Copyrights and Trademarks

I’m speaking tomorrow for AIGA Idaho on “Ten Things Every Designer Needs to Know about Copyrights and Trademarks.” Details can be found on the AIGA Idaho website.

I’ll be using this post as my “show notes”…a listing of links I think the presentation’s attendees (design professionals, graphic artists) will find useful.

Copyright: Sample Forms and Strategies for Registering your Online Content – http://www.seomoz.org/blog/copyright-sample-forms-and-strategies-for-registering-your-online-content-3962
The UT System Crash Course in Copyright – http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
The Copyright Law and Litigation Resource – http://kasunic.com/
Internet Cases » A guide to registering the copyright in your blog (http://blog.internetcases.com/2008/04/29/helpful-guide-to-registering-copyright-in-your-blog)
Blog Law » 12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know – http://www.avivadirectory.com/blogger-law
EFF: Bloggers FAQ — Intellectual Property – http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-ip.php
Legal Rights of Photographers – http://www.kantor.com/blog/2005/12/legal_rights_of_photographers.html
Excellent law blog on copyright & photographers: http://www.photoattorney.com/
Copyright Office Circular on How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work – http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ22.html
How to Find Copyright Owners – http://www.masters.edu/DeptPageNew.asp?PageID=1993
Flow chart to determine copyright durations – http://www.sunsteinlaw.com/practices/copyright-portfolio-development/copyright-durations.html
Center for Social Media (American University School of Communication) website on: Fair Use and Online Video (http://centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/online_video) and Fair Use Resources (http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/fair_use).
Chilling Effects on creating derivative works: http://chillingeffects.org/derivative/faq.cgi
Previous Invent Blog posts on Copyright: http://inventblog.com/?s=copyright
Tool to help search the Internet for images that infringe your copyrighted work: http://inventblog.com/2009/03/tineye-reverse-image-search.html
The Statue of Liberty design patent – http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=6esWAAAAEBAJ&dq=D11023
Copyright Office Circular on copyright and slogans/short phrases – http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ34.pdf
Copyright length and the life of Mickey Mouse – http://techdirt.com/articles/20090811/0123105835.shtml
Legal Pitfalls in Taking or Using Photographs of Copyright Material, Trademarks and People – http://www.wipo.int/sme/en/documents/ip_photography.htm