Should I form a formal company first?

Generally, to attempt to insulate from personal liability, forming a corporation or LLC, for example, may be helpful, however, you should discuss...

Can I sell Michael kors purses if I make it plain they are not authentic?

Generally, if you traffick in counterfeit goods, you may be at least, criminally and civilly liable. You should discuss with an intellectual...

If you sell a food product, there may be at least FDA requirements that need to be observed, and if you mislabel you may be at least liable for...

Can i use 8 bit video game characters as a focus of a series of oil paintings as a for of pop art?

Generally, there are copyright infringement concerns because it appears you may be copying copyrighted words and/or creating derivative works of...

Having Red Rocks in your business name.

There are, at least, various U.S. registered trademarks having the term RED ROCK or similar terms. Generally, you should do a US full trademark...

Can I buy a product and take a photo and photoshop out the existing logo and put our logo and print into a product and sell?

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

Can I register a trademark with the same acronym but different meanings?

On the surface, it appears there is a conflict. However, you should discuss with an intellectual property attorney in a private consultation.

Generally, for copyright purposes, your proposed works would need to be compared to possible copyrighted works of others to determine if there is...

It is not clear what you mean by "remake packaging", however, generally if the packaging has a trademark on it, there may be at least trademark...

If I copyright my phrases in a book for my blog do I have to copyright my design on t-shirt?

Generally, copyright does not protect a very short phrase, at least by itself, although use of a very short phrase may be copyright infringement of...