WIll a dated and notarized document with my artwork on it hold up in a copyright infringement cort case?
What you want is trademark, not copyright. And to establish trademark you either have to register it or use it in your course of business. If you just do what you said, and someone else, having not seen your design, registers it and/or uses it for their business, you won't have a case of infringement. In addition, if you haven't registered but have used it, you only have protection in your area or the area where you're selling your product or service. P.S. The Poor Man's Copyright is a myth, it does not hold up in court.
What does application postmark deadline mean?
it means you are way too late, your application had to be in the post by january 11th. All post gets date stamped. you are way too late.
Does the "Poor Man's Copyright" hold up effectively in court?
Myth #6: "Poor man's copyright" is an acceptable alternative to registration. Writers are often told that sealing a copy of their work in an envelope, mailing it to themselves, and retaining the envelope unopened (a.k.a. poor man's copyright) is a reasonable alternative to official copyright registration, since it proves both ownership and the date of creation. (You can take this a step further and send a certified envelope to yourself and never open it except in a court of law with witnesses.) However, while this might possibly be useful in a court case (though more likely not, since poor man's copyright is so easy to fake: you could have mailed the envelope empty, and filled and sealed it later), it does not provide legal protection in countries where official registration is a prerequisite for filing an infringement suit. Where registration is an option, there is no substitute. Don't waste your time with poor man's copyright.
Is a letter considered legally received when it is postmarked?
Actually, the situation is that I sent payments usually couple of days before it is dued to privately owned company (and I did get a certification of mailing which had the postmark stamped by a postal worker at the post office each time I mailed the payment) The company at this time is claiming that on some occasions that the payment is received on time and some times the payment receive the payment late. They are placing late charges for each time they claim the payment arrives lates. So I am trying to figure how mail is regulated in united states. AND why and how privately owned companies like billing companies, insurance, and etc can claim something is late when a goverment agency such as IRS and etc will honor the postmark stamped by post office as "post of service." And what I can do legally to remove late charges... I have literally search high and low for answer/law/rule about this...and I run into dead end.... help
Internet Law: Are deleted Facebook posts recoverable by subpoena?
No. Ignoring technical issues (does the data even still exist?) and looking only at the legal side, the analysis depends on who's seeking the posts and in what context. It can get complicated in a hurry, but the basic rule in the U.S. is that contents of electronic communications (as opposed to metadata like time/date stamps) can only be produced to government agencies with a search warrant, and only to private parties (everyone else) with the consent of the subject.Posts, like email messages, are considered content. Government entities can subpoena the most basic user information (email address, etc.) but need a court order for more detailed metadata and a warrant (issued by a judge upon finding probable cause) for access to the contents. It's analogous to police looking at the outside of an envelope with address and postmark, etc., vs. opening and reading it. The law in question is the Stored Communications Act, a part of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA).Private parties in litigation can subpoena user data / metadata but not content. ECPA is strict on that point. If you think about it, this actually makes sense: If you're litigating a dispute with someone, the court expects you to subpoena the other person to produce copies of messages herself (either by just handing it over or by voluntarily requesting her own records from the service provider and then delivering them) — or not: These things are fought over in litigation.Bottom line: Even if the data exists, law enforcement needs a warrant, and everyone else can't get from the service provider at all.
If a certain institution has an application postmark deadline of April 1, what does that mean?
Yes, but hand it in at the window and ask them to postmark it for you - and get a receipt. Don't assume if you drop it in a box in the post office that it will have the same day's postmark... FYI - the postmark is the date and city,state stamp you see over the stamp. Good luck with your application.
Getting a Job as a Court Officer?
The NYS Court Officer-trainee test was given Oct. 24 and Dec. 10, 2009. Call 800-578-5627 (Examination Info.) - they may be able to tell you when the next test will be given. . If you decide to take the next test-the minute the announcement comes out, get your application in, asap. Your postmarked date will make a difference. Another suggestion: if you pass, score high and are canvassed (called for an interview), pass the interview and are assigned to a court: meanwhile the test for Court Clerk may come out. Take it. You'll be on probation for a year and that's how long it sometimes takes for the test scores to come out, depends on your rank on the list, and score. There are more promotional opportunities in the Court Clerk job series than for Court Officer. I worked with someone who was a Court Officer, then became a Clerk. Good luck. If you need any more info, feel free to Email me.
If a police officer wrote down the wrong information on your traffic ticket, such as writing the wrong birthday, would you still have to pay the fine?
The best approach, in my opinion, would be to go to the court, or call them and ask if they have any record of your citation. The post office doesn't always deliver mail correctly, and the courts dont always send out notices correctly. You still have to appear at the court on or before the date on the citation and you need to be able to prove that you appeared.A problem may occur if the court didn't receive a copy of the citation--even though they are supose to, they might not want to schedule an arraignment date for you, if they refuse you can talk to the DA's office and they may be willing to dismiss the case due to the court not receiving the citation. It is easier for them to do that than to try and find out what happened.If an arraigment date is set, it is often on the same day as you go in, you can tell the judge at the arraignmen that you received a notice made out to someone with your name but with a diffrent birth date, and ask that the ticket be dismissed. Don't lie but try to avoid admitting that the ticket is actually yours.In California there is a procedure for a trial by declaration, where you fill out a form and tell your side of the story on the form. I have never used it, but it gives you the opportunity to note that the ticket was to the "wrong" person because of the birth date error, without the court being able to ask any follow up questions, such as "but did you actually have an encounter with the police person"If the “trial by declaration” goes against you, you can ask for a trial before a judicial officer (judge or commissioner depending on the jurisdiction). There is a relatively short time to request this new trial so do it as soon as you received the notice of an adverse decision at the trial by declaration and either deliver it to the court clerk with a copy for the clerk to receipt and return to you or send it certified mail. A trial date will be set for a hearing, and the police person will have to come in, There is a possibility that the ticket issuer may not appear either order to avoid embarrassment or for some other reason in which case the judicial officer will almost always dismiss the case for want of prosecution.If you go trial and admit that the ticket was in fact handed to you, the birth date wouldn't be enough to get it dismissed. However, an error in citing the offence -- wrong code section -- clearly would, and a wrong location likely would.