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Questions tagged [innocent-infringement]

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I used a 3D asset in my game that was distributed under CC license. Later I found the asset's author stole it from another game. Can they sue me?

I am a Czech developer and the game company is British. I've already contacted them but they are not responding. I made a small indie game and released it on Steam. Few days after the game's release, it came to my attention that I used a model in my…
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Trademark Infringement notice for usage of a dictionary word Jacuzzi in app - Google Play Store

I'm a 1-woman independent developer who made an app called Front Jacuzzi Back Corgi - or FJBC for short. Today, I received a trademark infringement notice from Jacuzzi.com It's unexpectedly not from the App Store, but from Google…
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Can an original image of the god Anubis on a t-shirt infringe trademark or copyright?

I sell t-shirts online. One of them features a picture of the ancient Egyptian god Anubis (my original art). Some people who viewed it said Anubis is a trademarked for clothing and I may be infringing. Can this be true? I'm not using anyone's logo…
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can a chinese online store cancel a paid contractual sales agreement if i wont pay additional costs after the agreement is made

i made an online purchase from a chinese website with free delivery/shipping but the next day they refused to honour the agreement as i refused to pay extra charges for shipping that was already stated as "free shipping" on the online add and…
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Is it considered copyright infringement if I publish a book on how to do something based on what I learned at a school?

Back in 2012, I took a career exploration at this school. I was so inspired by it that I decided to write a tutorial on how it is done for the purposes of getting started, but not necessarily to replace instructions or hands-on learning. I would…
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Copyright related issue on publishing a technical book?

I am preparing to publish a technical book on programming that contains figures and charts (like, compiler, linker, ASCII table, keywords list) created by myself by taking references from many sources. Can I still need copyright clearance for using…
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What is your liability in case the terms of software license are mis-stated?

To install software, you virtually always have to have a license to do so, which states the conditions that you must observe in order to have permission to install the software. Sometimes an institution obtains a license from the rights-holder which…
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Does an LLC Protect a Self-Publisher Personally from Inncocent Infringement of a Copyright?

This question is related to Legal Considerations When Self-Publishing a Book and motivated by comments made by David Siegel therein. When self-publishing a re-typeset book, say on Amazon, that one believes to be in the public domain, can the…
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Can Bob provide translations to copyrighted articles on his websites?

Consider a scenario: Bob is an owner of a website. Bob plans to stream the translation of a copyright-subject article on the website. Is permission from the copyright holder needed for Bob to stream share amongst the members of his…
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Copyright infringement and reproduce in web application

I want to know the actual meaning of infringement and reproduce in web application development. I understand that we can take copyright for the Code base (i.e., Source code) or layout of the website or the static textual / graphical…
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What are the potential implications of publishing excerpts from 3rd party copyrighted material in EU?

Case description a person in the European Union (not US) collects digital written notes on research they are conducting. These take a form of excerpts (sometimes even multiple paragraphs), annotations, quotes, sometimes stored images, or embedded…
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Receiving PDF book from a classmate to write a book review for the University course evaluation is it a crime?

Let's imagine this scenario: "I was looking for a book online and my classmate texted me oh I have that book in PDF, I can send you. Then I read this book and wrote a book review to complete one of the University courses, like an exam. I heard that…
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Using a trademarked name as the partial name of a new business

If a company named "XYZ LLC" has the name "XYZ" trademarked, am I infringing if I incorporate an LLC with the name "XYZ" partially in it, e.g., "XYZ Entertainment LLC" ?
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Am I liable if I know about copyright enfrigement of software my collegue is copying?

If I know about a colleague who is copying public available code into our software stack, infringing copyright law on purpose, too which extent am I liable under German law? Can I refuse working on the same files/project that include these copied…
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Trademark infringement potential VS no exclusive use of words in a trademark?

I am seeings various trademarks with disclaimers along the line of: NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "WORD" APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN So for example, the WORD is part of two words trademark, lets call it TWO WORD. What does the…
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