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2 Answers | Asked in Copyright and Patents (Intellectual Property) on
Q: Can I apply this technology for my project without the inventors knowledge? (Dual torque vectoring patent )

Dual torque vectoring for dual electric power train ?

Karima Gulick
Karima Gulick
answered on Oct 5, 2017

I would not spend substantial effort or money on this project before answering a few questions:

- Are you sure your project will be infringing on these inventors patent. Look at their patent, read the claims and determine whether your project will be infringing on their patent.

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2 Answers | Asked in Intellectual Property for California on
Q: I was working outside the scope of my employment contract and created fitness curriculum, who owns the rights?

I work for a nonprofit retirement community and am contracted to teach fitness classes and do personal training. I happen to have a background in education and writing, so I used those skills to create fitness curriculum, which is a task outside the scope of my contract. They paid me my hourly rate... View More

Karima Gulick
Karima Gulick
answered on Oct 9, 2017

As far as current copyrights law are concerned, a fitness routine is not copyrightable. More details on your case would be necessary for a better analysis and conclusion.

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2 Answers | Asked in Trademark for California on
Q: We want to see how we can change from supplemental to principal on our trademark.
Karima Gulick
Karima Gulick
answered on Oct 9, 2017

There is in fact no such procedure as moving of a registration on the Supplemental Register to the Principal Register. The owner of a registration on the Supplemental Register must file a new application for the mark to secure registration on the Principal Register.

In the new application...
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2 Answers | Asked in Copyright and Intellectual Property for California on
Q: How do I protect intellectual property from outside advisors

I decided I want to build software that teaches you how to play drums, and will hire different drum teachers to find best way to create a curriculum. (Primarily for myself, but may make available to public). To avoid one of those teachers stating I stole ideas and they may be entitled to software... View More

Karima Gulick
Karima Gulick
answered on Oct 9, 2017

Your best bet to avoid foreseeable disputes is to have a comprehensive agreement with the teachers spelling out all the minute details of the working agreement and various scenarios that might arise (including unlikely scenarios.)

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