Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California
Copyrights under psuedonyms
Can a common law copyright be claimed under a pseudonym or a business/organization? Or does the person have to give a real name for it? AND, does the common law copyright rule apply to businesses/organizations as well?
What about filing for a copyright? Can a person file to have it appear under a psuedonym?
Hod do psuedonyms affect the process of collecting monetary damages?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Copyrights under psuedonyms
Copyright laws allow you to register under a pseudonym. There are some differences in legal protection, but they are slight. A copyright filed pseudonymously {is that a word?} will be good for 75 years, regardless of the lifetime of the author.
For addition advice specific to you, we recommend you contact an intellectual property law firm.
Karla Shippey, attorney at law (IP)
1-800-693-9110
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