Why should I exclude published material from my copyright registration?

Your unpublished work, in this scenario may be considered to be a derivative work, of a prior published work. Depending, possibly on when the...

Can I create a film about someone's first-hand account, without a license/permission?

Generally, the expression of an account in a non fictional book may be protected by copyright. Copyright includes at least the exclusive...

Use of Nike logo to sell products, without permission of Nike, may result in liability for at least trademark infringement and/or trademark...

Generally, if two trademarks are confusingly similar as applied to their particular goods/services, then there may be trademark infringement....

Generally, if you copy someone else's photographs you may be liable for at least copyright infringement. Generally, if a logo has a pictorial...

Is it copyright infringement & if it is, what can I do to avoid it?

Generally, there may be a concern this may be a derivative work and that there may be liability for copyright infringement and one would need to...

Can I sell a Disney shirt to the Disney Corporation I bought at store in Seattle in 1990 something. that is one of a kind?

Generally, if trademarked and copyrighted famous characters are used on goods without permission and sold there may be at least copyright...

Is an authors name (say Stephen King) protected from someone else using their name in a similar or dissimilar genre?

Generally, there appear to be a number cases which indicate that there may be limitations on one's use of one's own name in a trademark sense....

I’m an artist. Can I legally illustrate a poem?

Copyright includes at least the exclusive rights to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies, to prepare derivative works based on the copyrighted...

Paintings, drawings, etc.. with no signature and artist unknown. If I own it do I also own all rights to it? (copyrights)

Generally, on the surface, the works may be in the public domain in terms of copyright status. You should discuss with an intellectual property...