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Copyright applications can be submitted to the United States Library of Congress by the author, the owner, or an authorized agent of the owner. An experienced intellectual property attorney can better determine whether a work should be copyrighted. The copyright office will search their records concerning copyright status and ownership for a fee... A copyright life owned in the author's name is the life of the author plus 70 years. Copyrights made under a work for hire agreement (i.e. employment agreement, listing the copyright as owned by a business or company) have a life of 95 years from publication of the work or 120 years from creation of the work, whichever is shorter... Law Office of Brian S. Steinberger is a boutique intellectual property law firm specializing in prosecution of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and litigation.

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