Re: Idea or expression?

Subject: Re: Re: Idea or expression?

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: Thank you for your inquiry. There are several ways to protect new and inventive ideas used in business. These include: Trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, (proprietary business methods, contacts, customer lists, recipes, etc.) and patents. : : Copyright protects a wide variety of intellectual properties, including pictures and words, e.g., works of art (paintings, sculpture, photographs, jewelry deigns, etc.) literary works, (books, song lyrics, poetry,) as well as choreography, sound and video recordings, and other items. : : Copyright protects the author's original creative expression as contained in the work but DOES NOT usually extend to any idea, procedure, process, method, system, discovery, name or short title or slogan. : : Therefore, while COPYRIGHT PROTECTION may be available for the unique expressive aspects of your idea, plan, marketing approach or recipe: (e.g., "a pinch of sugar, a dash of salt,smoke a cigar and drink and a malt") it may not be sufficient to : protect the actual recipe or formula: (e.g., 1/2 tsp: sugar, 1/4 tsp: salt). : Check out www.copyrightpros.com

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