Copyright protects literary and artistic works, such as drawings, photographs, screenplays, novels, short stories.
It protects against the copying of qualifying works only; independent creation, no matter how close, is not covered. Copyright protection comes about automatically in most cases, but in some countries provision for registration exists. It may be that your copyright work has some aspects protectable by other areas of intellectual property law, such as Trade Mark or Designs.
The most common pitfall with copyright is ownership. Who owns the copyright will depend on who created the work and their relationship to the party that wishes or thinks that they own the work. Even if you have or will be paying good money for a copyright work to be created on your behalf, you may not own it without the proper agreement in place.
Contact Us to discuss your situation and how we can help you protect your work.