Copyright Lawyers and Intellectual Property Laws
The protection of intellectual property rights is about more than just money and copyright lawyers understand that. Intellectual property is defined as any creation of the mind that is protected and owned by an individual or company by law. Infringement occurs when another group uses the same idea, words or image without paying the original owner.
While it might seem that plagiarizing someone else’s idea and profiting is not the worst crime someone could commit, it effects more people, much deeper than most consumers realize. The whole concept of protecting original ideas is centered around promoting businesses and groups with the resources to innovate a monetary reason to. Few businesses would ever improve a product or create a new model if the moment they released it, their competition would steal it and use it for their own gain. With copyright laws, innovation spurs other advancements. One company produces a new vacuum that can hold more dirt and the other must counter with a longer cord to keep up. By allowing ideas to be stolen and misused, progress is inhibited by a lack of compensation and reward for the creator’s time. This ultimately effects every customer and business in the market adversely.
It’s not only wrong and bad for the state of business, but fraudulent products that are being released can be a safety hazard for consumers and businesses. While counterfeiters may have stolen a part of the original design and idea for an invention or concept, it’s doubtful that they will choose to replicate the product exactly. If they planned to put the same care, effort and monetary investment into replicating the original, they would probably be working for the company or simply purchasing the product and reselling it in an ethical and safe way.
When individuals or groups choose to steal another person’s intellectual property for their own gain, they are likely to cut corners and use cheap, unsafe materials. Without regulation, these ‘knock-off’ products can be dangerous and untested when sold to unknowing retailers or businesses.
For these reasons, businesses who are aware that their intellectual property rights are being violated have a responsibility to do something about it and hiring a professional lawyer to handle a copyright infringement case is important to this process. They are masters at researching and discovering the exact scope of the copyright infringement and the possible negative side effects that the fraud has caused the copyright holders and their customers. They can also help you fill out paperwork and complicated forms to make sure you are getting the most out of your copyright. From the initial registration to the last day in court, a copyright lawyer is defending your rights as well as your customer’s.
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