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navets Potato
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Join date: 7 Apr 2006
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11-05-2006 16:17
if you'd patented it, you'd have a case. As it is, you have no recourse. That's actually not true - in the US you have one year to file for a patent before it goes in to the public domain. Navets Potato http://www.aplegal.com |
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Toneless Tomba
(Insert Witty Title Here)
Join date: 13 Oct 2004
Posts: 241
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11-05-2006 17:14
It's an absolute fact that if your idea is worth anything there will be a copy of it. You need to expect that. Look at camping chairs, tinies, remote vendors, rent boxes, etc. Something started somewhere, I have some copycats of my products. The funny thing is in the SL community one does not dare to copy an outfit of someone else that's taboo. But if it's scripted it's fair game. Once you accept this use it as motivation and maybe even strategy.
I wish you luck. _____________________
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Yumi Murakami
DoIt!AttachTheEarOfACat!
Join date: 27 Sep 2005
Posts: 6,860
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11-05-2006 17:26
That's actually not true - in the US you have one year to file for a patent before it goes in to the public domain. Plus, the SL TOS has a clause which squashes all patents on items uploaded in SL. Essentially, by putting something on SL, you're required to give up all patent rights to LL and to every other resident. |
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Adman Drake
Registered User
Join date: 9 Feb 2006
Posts: 96
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11-06-2006 10:33
But if it's scripted it's fair game. Once you accept this use it as motivation and maybe even strategy. I wish you luck. Great comments... thanks Toneless! |
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Conan Godwin
In ur base kilin ur d00ds
Join date: 2 Aug 2006
Posts: 3,676
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11-08-2006 08:39
Are there any patents on any ideas that only exist in Second Life? Interesting question. The law in most countries, the USA included, recognises the concept of "intellectual property" - literature, ideas, inventions, scientific theories, software etc - so "virtual property" is only a very small leap. We need a test case brought to court really to know for sure. Certainly South Korean law recognises it. If a person feels sufficiently aggreived, they could consider bring the matter before a South Korean court - on the grounds that SL is an international project - in the same way that Hollywood stars often sue journalists in British courts because we have such draconian libel laws. South Korean law recognises virtual property and they even have a special "virtual crime" section of their national police force (gaming is pretty much the national sport). As an academic lawyer, it's an interesting can of worms to open. |
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Eureka Shinohara
World Traveler
Join date: 12 Nov 2006
Posts: 11
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11-12-2006 05:09
Simple truth is unless a design is copywrited or trademarked there is very little if anything you can do about it. Is it possible to copywrite or trademark within SL or must it be in the real world? I suppose there is nothing that stops anyone from duplicating a clothing design if they have the knowledge to create it from scratch? |
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Llauren Mandelbrot
Twenty-Four Weeks Old.
Join date: 26 Apr 2006
Posts: 665
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As I understand it...
11-12-2006 11:11
Is it possible to copywrite or trademark within SL or must it be in the real world?Your creations are born with a copyright. You need to declare the copyright on publication to keep it. You certainly may do so for stuff within Second Life.I suppose there is nothing that stops anyone from duplicating a clothing design if they have the knowledge to create it from scratch?That`s pretty much the case, if it is an independant work, but if it is a deliberate copy, the law is on your side, even if they execute the copy from scratch.
Leastwise, that`s how I unserstand U.S. law. _____________________
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