Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California

Improving/Add value to publicly available document

Am I liable for IP infringement if I take a company's online PDF and improve/add value to it by adding interactivity fields?


Asked on 11/10/08, 3:59 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Johm Smith tom's

Re: Improving/Add value to publicly available document

Very possibly but we would need to know more to give an opinion.

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Answered on 11/10/08, 4:21 pm
Michael Stone Law Offices of Michael B. Stone Toll Free 1-855-USE-MIKE

Re: Improving/Add value to publicly available document

Unfortunately no good deed goes unpunished, yours is called creating a "derivative work" which requires permission from the copyright holder.

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Answered on 11/10/08, 4:22 pm


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