Protect Your Digital Files and Intellectual Property: The Definitive Legal Proof

Want to protect your digital ideas and creations before sharing them with the world? In today’s digital environment, intellectual property theft and plagiarism are commonplace. With eEvidence you can easily obtain legal proof of existence and ownership of your files.

As you already know, any eEvid you obtain proves not only the delivery of an email, but also its content. However, over the years we have evolved to offer you even more precise and robust solutions to protect your most valuable assets.

From emailing yourself to Direct Registration

Previously, when you wanted to prove ownership of a digital file, the usual practice was to email it to yourself through our service. The resulting eEvid provided proof that the document existed at a specific date and time.

To make this process much more direct and intuitive, we developed a specific feature. If you only want to obtain a digital proof of a file’s existence (or even of the body of an email), the current process is as simple as sending it to register@tools.eevid.com.

You do not even need to write a subject line. You just have to send the email from your eEvidence registered address and you will automatically receive your eEvid to legally prove the existence and, ultimately, the ownership of its content and attachments. This method is available on all our licence plans.

Evidential robustness: The power of the Hash

Why does this simple send have so much legal validity? The key lies in the cryptographic hash.

When you send your document for registration, our system not only certifies the exact moment of receipt (timestamp), but also generates a unique hash of the file. The hash acts as an immutable digital fingerprint.

• Guaranteed integrity: If someone alters a single byte of the original document (a full stop, a colour change in an image), the resulting hash will be completely different.
• Privacy: The hash certifies the content without needing to expose the document itself, which is vital for trade secrets.
• Weight in court: In the event of litigation, presenting the original document together with the eEvid certificate containing the hash irrefutably demonstrates (evidential robustness) that that exact file was in your possession on the certified date, serving as advance proof of authorship.

Practical use cases for Document Registration

Registration via hash through our registration email is an indispensable tool in multiple scenarios:

1. Content creators and designers: Register your designs, illustrations, articles or source code before sending them to a client or publishing them on your portfolio.
2. Research and Development (R&D): Technology, pharmaceutical or engineering companies can certify the daily progress of their research, protecting their discoveries before applying for an official patent.
3. Music and audiovisual sector: Register demos, scripts or musical compositions to avoid plagiarism disputes in the future.
4. Trade secrets: Protect business plans, databases or internal algorithms by demonstrating their existence and ownership without having to reveal them publicly.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How does the hash guarantee the privacy of my trade secrets?
The hash acts as a mathematical digital fingerprint of the document. This allows us to irrefutably certify the exact content of your file without the file itself being publicly exposed, thereby protecting the confidentiality of your projects.

What happens if I modify my document after registering it?
Any alteration to the document, however minor (such as changing a letter or a pixel), will generate a completely different hash. To maintain legal protection over new versions of your works, you should register the final version or perform periodic registrations as your work progresses.

What types of files can I register to protect their authorship?
The process works with any digital file. It is an ideal system for registering source code, graphic designs, music demos, engineering blueprints, articles and any document representing intellectual property that may be plagiarised.

Conclusion

Protecting your creativity and intellectual property should not be a complex process. In an environment where ideas have high value, securing the authorship of your work in advance is your best defence.

Direct registration by sending your files to eEvidence offers you an incredibly simple and fast method to obtain legal proof of existence and ownership of your files. Thanks to the immutable digital fingerprint we generate, you have maximum legal security without sacrificing your privacy.