Questions about Common law and state trademarks. This is merely hypothetical and I don't need a "consult your lawyer" response.

You state "With this, I have given it a common law trademark". To have a common law trademark mark you need use in commerce, which typically...

How do I obtain a license to adapt a film to a script/score for the stage?

When you are talking about a movie musical there is the potential for multiple copyrights to multiple owners related to the movie musical, to the...

Can I take pictures of the side of a six pack of beer or other advertisement and print that out on 25x36 canvas and sell that

My first reaction to your question was to think of Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup can Paintings. In turns out that Andy Warhol was sued for...

You indicate that their statement "we can't do it because of copyright laws" is the lie that you want to sue over. However, you also indicate...

Can I have another persons personal name as a .com

Focusing just on 15 U.S.C. 8131(1)(A) it states: "Any person who registers a domain name that consists of the name of another living person, or...

Can I start a company that allows users to rent their books (textbooks, literature,etc) to other users?

An attorney would want to see exactly how you are going to implement this. The first sale doctrine would allow an owner of a hard copy book to...

Can i

You ask "will it be good to use it without an abbreviation knowing its a long name?" This question is more of a marketing question then a legal...

Serving paper work for a return service

If service of the papers needed to be done within a certain time period, and if you missed a deadline for doing the service, then your second...

Can I arrange notes in a song and use a similar title to original one without infringing on copy-write?

Copyright includes the exclusive right to prepare "derivative works". It is possible that what you are doing may be classified as a...

Can I apply for a utility patent for a product that already exists in France?

You state "I did not invent it" If you did not invent it, then you can not file, as an inventor, for a U.S. patent application. If the...