Copyright Laws

Is a license that is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work.

• Fair Use Doctrine

• Creative Commons

• Phonorecords

• Public Domain

A monopoly granted by the U.S. Patent Office for a limited time to the creator of a new invention.

• Copyright

• Trademark

• Patent

• Parody

Intangible property that is a product of the imagination (i.e., copyrights, trademarks, and patents).

• Fair Use Doctrine

• Creative Commons

• Intellectual Poperty

• Patent

A guideline that determines how much of a copyrighted item can legally be used without permission.

• Creative Commons

• Intellectual Property

• First Sale doctrine

• Fair Use Doctrine

A form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression.

• Copyright

• Parody

• Trademark

• Phonorecords

To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own, or to use another's production without crediting the source.

• Public Domain

• Plagiarism

• Permission

• Copyright

Allows a purchaser to transfer a lawfully made copy of the copyrighted work without permission once it has been obtained. A copyright holder's rights to control the change of ownership of a particular work end once that copy is sold, as long as no additional copies are made.

• First Sale Doctrine

• Creative Commons

• Fair Use Doctrine

• Public Domain

A word or symbol used to identify a product or service in the marketplace.

• Copyright

• Permission

• Patent

• Trademark

Works for which copyright protection has expired, and works created by officers or employees of the U.S. government as part of their government jobs.

• Copyright

• Phonorecords

• Public Domain

• Creative Commons

A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

• Copyright

• Patent

• Trademark

• Parody