Carsten Kuckuk said on Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 08:46:20PM +0200,:
> done by a German on German soil, so German copyright laws apply
> which are different from US laws. And the translator was probably
> paid by Microsoft Germany GmbH in Munich, not the Seattle one.
Enter corporate strategy. Corporates arrange their affairs such that
the principal owns all `intellectual property'. Therefore, the German
subsidiary is most probably doing only marketing work; and rights in
works developed by the subsidiary, if any, will vest in the US
parent. That is a matter of contractual corporate arrangement; not
law. So, rights would still vest in the US parent.
> e-mail address @yahoo.co.in I'd guess that you're located in India.
Yes.
> India even a member of WIPO, and does it honor copyrights?
Definitely yes. From time immemorial.
> we'll have a pretty interesting legal situation here with US law,
> German law, Indian law, and probably some other laws as well
> applying...
<More Grin> Only that this kind of problem is a bit off topic for this
list; but relevant for most members.
And do go through Rick's post in this thread.
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