Re: Commercial Rights

Subject: Re: Re: Commercial Rights

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: : I have written a game with many pages of : : written rules, setting descriptions, etc. : : I send 2 copies to the LoC,(etc.,etc.,). : : I have it published.A customer buys my game. : : Has the buyer acquired any commercial rights ? : : Unless I specifically state that I am transferring : : commercial rights it is my understanding of the : : law that I retain them but I haven't yet found : : where that is expressly stated in the UCC or : : the Copyright Statutes : : Thanks : It takes more than reading to understand a statute. It takes more that going to law school to make a lawyer. What is more the Patent and Trademark Office is the only Federal Agency that a lawyer cannot practice Patent Law before without taking a special qualifying exam. : The question is vague. Game rules may have registered copyrights. The registration may be published or unpublished or both. : Some games may even be patented. The physical sale of a game including rules, patented or with a valid registered copyright does not tranfer any intellectual property in the game. : There is more to effective commercialization of a game than just patent and or copyright. It depends on the facts and law. : I usually don't like to act superior but the stumbling with law and fact as set forth seems blind and ignorant. : You really have to use professional help that you know and trust. Doing it youself, even with the simplicty of copyright is like playing blindman's buff. : The is so much out there, that a case name is meaningless without the facts and law. I don't even remember the holding in Marbuty V Madison. : c : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : ELAINE's Workshop (sm) : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive

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