Bill Hulseys Patent Lawyer is the founder of HULSEY PC and practices in Austin, Texas and Memphis, Tennessee. Bill Hulsey Patent Lawyer established HULSEY PC to apply a highly developed specialty and experience in a broad span of technical fields. Bill Hulsey Patent Lawyer takes great pride in serving emerging growth companies competing in global markets with products and services relating to renewable and sustainable energy technologies, life sciences, electronics, environmental innovations, software, and aerospace technologies.

1. Intellectual Property Creation &
Management for Emerging Growth
Technology Companies
Copyright Basics: Scope of Protection;
Duration of Protection

4. Intellectual Property Creation &
Management for Emerging Growth
Technology Companies
Copyright Basics: Scope of Protection;
Duration of Protection

5. Copyrights
o Subject Matter
o Scope of Protection
o Duration of Protection
o Mechanics of Registration
o Ownership
o Infringement
o Fair Use Doctrine
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6. Available Copyright Protection
o The copyright owner has the exclusive right to:
n Reproduce or copy the work and distribute the copies
n Distribute the work
n Prepare other works based on the copyrighted work
n Display the work
n Perform the work publicly
o If someone infringes upon the copyright holder’s
rights, the copyright holder is entitled to injunctive, as
well as monetary relief
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7. Rights vs. Ownership
of a Physical Copy
o Ownership Initially Vests in Author:
n Author: The person who creates the work is not
always the author of the work. The author is either the
person who creates the work, the person or business
that pays another to create the work in an employment
context or the person or business that commissions the
work under a valid work for hire contract.
o Owner of a Physical Copy of A Work Does Not
Possess any Rights in the Copyright
o Author of a Work Is the Creator of the Work Unless
the Work is one “Made for Hire”
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8. Use of Others Works
o It is not necessary to obtain permission to use works in
the public domain:
n works are in the public domain if the copyright on the
work has expired or were never copyrighted at all
n although permission is not needed, the work needs to
be properly acknowledged
o When using copyrighted works, it is necessary to
acknowledge the source and to obtain written
permission unless such use falls within the “fair use
doctrine”
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9. Copyrights
o Subject Matter
o Scope of Protection
o Duration of Protection
o Mechanics of Registration
o Ownership
o Infringement
o Fair Use Doctrine
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10. Duration of Copyright
o Works Created On or After 1/1/78:
n Life of Author Plus 70 years
n Works Made for Hire: Shorter of
o 95 Years from Publication or
o 125 Years from Creation
o Works Created Before 1/1/78:
n 28 Year Renewal Term Extended to 47 Yea
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11. Intellectual Property Creation &
Management for Emerging Growth
Technology Companies
Copyright Basics: Scope of Protection;
Duration of Protection

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