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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Your additional information only clouds your question further. Did someone...
Pamela Koslyn
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If I understand your query, you submitted a video for a contest and then saw...
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Robert Scott Lawrence
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If you entered your video in a contest, and signed an agreement that the video...
Pamela Koslyn
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Please see my answer to your other questions. The issue here is what rights...
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Alan James Brinkmeier
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MLB is resolute in advocating protection on MLB member teams' trademarks and...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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It would be against the law and you have NO chance of negotiating a license...
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Pamela Koslyn
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As best as I can understand your question, your motorcycle club might want to...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Record labels don't research song ownership, they take the artist's word for it...
Mario Sergio Golab
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When you say you co-author, Do you have evidence? Did you registered your...
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Pamela Koslyn
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It's $35 each. Please see my Legal Guide linked below. Disclaimer: Please...
L. Maxwell Taylor
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Copyright is a bundle of rights that inheres automatically in original works of...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Possibly. If BigCompany hasn't abandoned their trademark, and it's still "live,"...
Michael A Blake
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Maybe. Depending on how old the trademark is, the trademark owner may be in...
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Alan James Brinkmeier
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The Big Ten is resolute in advocating protection on Big Ten member teams'...
Pamela Koslyn
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Avvo is littered with questions about using a sports team's colors but not its...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Pamela Koslyn
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Yes, there are lots of recording artists out there who are giving away their...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

I wonder if you're aware the IP, including copyright, where you posted this...
Paul A. Smolinski
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Hmmmm. That is interesting. Perhaps AVVO should consider that. However, it is...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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You ask: Can a photographer who took a photo at a Major League Baseball game or...
Pamela Koslyn
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Logo inclusion in a photo: You don't need the MLB's or NFL's permission to...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Maybe. Many trademarks and trade names are not protectable -- that is, the...
Pamela Koslyn
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The availability of the name as fictitious business name (DBA) and business...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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As long as the design of the frames are not protected in the US by a design...
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Ronald K. Phillips
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It depends on whether those sports jerseys infringe on the rights of others -...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

And if you're buying them to re-sell here in the U.S., you could very well get...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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No one can answer your question w/o evaluating your trade name, comparing your...
Theodore W. Robinson
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I believe you would be exposing yourself to the first in the sector and you may...
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Mason Boswell
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I have seen patents with more than 100 inventors, so there really is no limit....
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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As Pamela notes, there is no hypothetical limit to the number of inventors that...
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James Juo
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In your hypothetical example, at least two companies have used the name "...
Ronald K. Phillips
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Contributor Level 6

You should consult with an IP attorney first to make sure that you've got a...
James Juo
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If you have a contract with the photo stock agency, then you likely would have...
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Andrew Monroe Baer
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Contributor Level 4

Talk to an entertainment or IP lawyer ASAP. You need to get a written...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

Mr. Baer is most certainly correct. Just because you pay someone to write...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Domain names are cheap, so you can pretty easily buy up the variations. If the...
Antone F. Johnson
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The more arbitrary, fanciful or distinctive the name, the more likely it will...

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