Whether you start your business on a shoestring or have millions in venture capital behind you, one thing is certain. The success of your business depends on you and the actions you take, and sometimes the actions you fail to take. Below are the seven most common legal mistakes made by startups and how to avoid them.
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Copyrights give exclusive legal rights to an author or the author’s assignee to reproduce, distribute, perform, display and prepare derivative works of any original work of authorship. Original works of authorship include literary, dramatic and artistic works, architecture and ornamental designs. Copyright protection is automatic the moment your original work of authorship is fixed in tangible form such as by a writing, recording, drawing or even in computer code.
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The United States Supreme Court unanimously decided in March of this year that private copyright holders can no longer sue individual states for copyright infringement using the cause of action created by the CRCA. Frederick L. Allen v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, 589 US (2020).
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Mashup’s of fictional stories is something that has become more and more relevant in the digital age. You can search for stories that discuss the D.C. Comic superheroes versus the Marvel Comic superheroes. In an episode from the Golden-Globe winning show Parks and Rec in which Patton Oswalt guest starred, his character filibustered by giving his own Star Wars and Marvel cross over idea. Needless to say, we would all love for these types of epic universes to collide, but Copyright law stops that (for the most part) from happening without requisite permission.
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