You state you make "pacifier bags". You indicate that "Cozy Coo" is not your trademark. If you advertise as "Cozy Coo Pouch", this would...

Copyright does not protect ideas or typically one word or short phrases. Patents relate to inventions and it does not appear that merely putting...

Would my website violate a trademark?

Using American football as an example, there is a web site "NFL.com" which appears to be the official web site of the NFL, and if there was not,...

You should have the person doing the illustrations sign an agreement so that all rights, including copyrights to the drawings would belong to you,...

Generally speaking copyright does not protect one word or short phrases. Generally speaking one word could be the subject of a trademark....

Copyright Laws for Writers

Copyright does not protect "ideas" but rather "expressions". If you provide a unique expression, substantially different from the original work,...

Can I create and sell novel units for 3rd-5th grade teachers?

If the novels are subject to copyright protection, then what you are doing may be derivative works of copyrighted works. An owner of a...

I wish to start a sports blog supported by paid advertisements. Can I legally use terms with copyright while reporting.

A word or short phrase is typically not subject to copyright but rather may be protected by a trademark. A trademark is used to indentify a...

Although you may or may not have some common law trademark rights, obtaining a U.S. trademark registration has numerous benefits. Common law...

The concern would be trademark infringement of the Nike Logo, and generally, that someone would think that the T-shirts you made were sponsored by...