Unfortunately, the answer is a big MAYBE. The "likelihood of confusion" test takes into account the sophistication of the consumer and the...

If I own a company overseas that does copyright infringement, can I get sued?

Copyright is governed by national law, so you would have to ask a German lawyer whether their law says that the transfer of funds to Germany for...

In general, when you see a parenthetical after a case cite that says "collecting cases" it means that if you look at the case cited, you will see a...

Copyright credit for a song

The fact that you have a copyright or registration has nothing to do with whether the guitarist owns their own independent creations. What...

Your question is not rally a copyright one. If someone has a registered trademark for particular goods or services, you generally cannot escape...

Patent rejected 103

Under the AIA, the patent application is prior art as of its filing date once it was published. Pre-AIA it would generally only have been prior...

I need to serve an American citizen in China but service by mail in China is illegal. Will the judge toll?

China is a signatory to the "Hague Convention on Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters" so that...

How do I get a magazine to pay for many unlicensed registered copyrighted images?

If you actually have copyright registrations for the images and they have used your works, AND your copyright registrations were obtained prior to...

Just because someone posts a photo on Instagram DOES NOT give anyone else the right to use that photo. You are potentially facing a lawsuit, so...

Which protects someone against copyright lawsuits better a work for hire agreement or a license agreement?

You have to be clearer as to who you want protection from. Most clients want ownership of the copyright from their designer (although all should...