What is the eligibility to recover statutory damages and legal fees for a registered copyright?

Generally, if someone was infringing before copyright registration and before a timely filing within three months of publication, and continued to...

Generally, if you use a person's name for commercial purpose you may be liable for violating their right of publicity. You should discuss with...

Can a puppeteer lawfully change the paint color combination of a trademarked action figure and for use in a stop motion video?

If you modify a product, having an original trademark, without permission of the trademark owner, and leave the original trademark on it, and...

If you use a college sports team's logo on a product you create, without permission of the original trademark logo owner, and introduce into a...

I have another trademark that is in the same name but different class. What can I do to keep selling my mark?

You may be able to provide a response to Amazon to get your listing put back. See:...

WIPO Likelihood impression?

You indicate that "our website was complaining about the complainant website" and that "our URL included the URL of the complainant website" with...

Editing Hollywood Movies?

Generally, if someone, for example, edits a movie and stores the new version, one may be liable for copyright infringement. Generally, if one...

Can I sell a painting, I made that resembles mickey mouse? Considering I am a disney employee

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

How are you covered under "fair use" if you use a company's logo with another image for personal use,not sale or distribution?

Generally, if the logo includes a pictorial element, then there may be copyright protection. Copyright includes at least the exclusive rights...

If you use someone else's copyrighted characters you may be liable for at least copyright infringement. You should discuss with an...