Do I "own" my personal work experiences even if my company copyrighted them ?

Copyright does not protect ideas, rather expressions. You should discuss exactly what you propose doing, along with the material copyrighted,...

If I use the name "Nelson Mandela" as part of my on-line leadership development training, do I have trademark exposure in USA?

Generally, there may be issues of at least violation of right publicity, which survives death, as a result of use of someone's name for commercial...

Can I reference copywrite materials in my fiction novel?

It would be important to discuss exactly what would be in the novel to determine if there is at least a copyright infringement concern; there may...

Generally if you use someone else's trademark in commerce in a manner which may indicate that you are associated with the trademark owner, when you...

Can I put military flag images i.e Army, Navy, Air Force on a small flag (actual flag) for commercial use?

Generally, official military symbols are protected from unauthorized use. See:...

Copyright issue and minor used for an ad

Generally, in order to sue for copyright infringement, based on a U.S. work, in a U.S. District court, you need to at least obtain a copyright...

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

How do copyright infringement laws work when it comes to business slogans?

Copyright does not typically cover a short phrase, at least by itself, although use of a short phrase may be copyright infringement of a larger...

Generally, if you modify an existing product, and leave the original trademark on the product, and then sell the modified product, without...

Would this be considered trademark infringement?

There may be, at least, an argument, which may or may not succeed depending on all of the facts, that the band is merely being used as a component...