Copyrighting an Excel worksheet

S

slickrick

I designed a worksheet at work to make my work easier. In a meeting,
told that I made myself an excel work sheet. Now everyone would lik
to use it. Can I copyright this work sheet so that it can be m
creation? If so, how. It's got to be more then to just to put th
copyright symbol on the sheet
 
F

Freemini

As far as the UK is concerned, and possibly other countries, an
intellectual property which was created during your employment belong
to your company. This can also include any that you create in you
spare time.

hth

Mik
 
J

JE McGimpsey

The fact that you put it down in fixed form means it's already
copyrighted, just like any other "creation" - you don't need the symbol,
or any particular phrase. You can register it with the copyright office,
which is required before you can sue an infringer for damages.

However, it sounds like your creation was work related - in the vast
majority of cases, that means that your employer owns the copyright,
even if you made the sheet on your own time.
 
J

JE McGimpsey

Copyright isn't about credit - its about who controls whether and how to
produce copies of documents.

I've worked for several companies that have listed me prominently as the
author on electronic and hardcopy documents, but have retained the
copyright.
 
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