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How to decide if a design is very similar to my own work?
My advice would be to let it be. The only thing the "copy" has in common with your work is the idea of a noose with a drop of water. The style is different and the context probably also.
It's not ...
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How to prevent someone from copying my work?
In the United States, you can file a copyright with the Library of Congress (LOC) prior to production:
See https://copyright.gov/
This does not prevent anyone copying the idea, but it does protect ...
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How to prevent someone from copying my work?
Disclaimer: This question is verging on a legal question, and since I am not a lawyer, this answer doesn't constitute legal advice. If you want legal advice hire a lawyer.
You can't really do ...
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What printer offers the best quality?
It's not the printer that will make the difference; but, the printing process.
The finest detail printing process is gravure.
The most difficult image to reproduce is a hologram.
The most difficult ...
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What printer offers the best quality?
If you can buy a normal printer that can print this, anyone can.
A "security" measure should be at least expensive to make in a short run. This is if you are a company you could let's say, spend 1000 ...
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How can I protect my images by claiming with others?
If you want to have a bullet proof alibi for creation date then submit the file to yourself in registered mail, and keep the letter sealed. This can then be used in court of law.
However this does ...
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How can I protect my images by claiming with others?
Depending on what you make and where you put it you should use watermarks over the whole image. That would be the safest way to keep people from editing your picture. If you take photos watermark in ...
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How to decide if a design is very similar to my own work?
My lawyer told me that, in simple terms, a design infringes another if an uninformed person could mistake one for the other.
At the very least, one could be described as an alternate or alternative ...
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