How should I copyright the new recording; as a derivative or a new sound recording?

I agree with my colleagues. Yours is a very fact intensive scenario that requires proper details and clarification before any actionable legal...

Can I charge a fee to make something for a customer that I didn't design?

You received some good responses. As noted, the first issue is the terms and conditions of use and service for the various platforms where these...

Does a property owner have legal recourse if an image including property is used for commercial purposes?

I don't see why this would be a problem if the image belongs to you and the person gave you written permission to use it. The fact that it was...

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Can I hashtag another companys name if it is trademarked?

As noted, your question would require a proper analysis but it is a good question that is not so clear. If in fact, "summer water" is commonly...

Can I use the names of famous soccer players to name drinks at my coffee place?

The issue falls under privacy and publicity rights. These are invoked whenever you use someone's (especially a famous person) name, image or...

If the information is as readily available publically as you indicate here then it is highly unlikely a court would treat it as proprietary. But if...

Is it legal use the name of a song, printed on a custom made product to sell and can I use dialogue from a movie on my website.

This is really akin to using a quote. The title to single creative works like songs are not afforded trademark protection on their own unless they...

We have already used the name of our brand (website and social media). However, somebody else just registered, what can we do?

You simply can't receive any concrete trademark clearance advice over a free and quite public Q&A platform. Assuming you have no federal...

Using a company's trade name descriptively in text is fine. This is called "nominative fair use" and the reason we see Coke or Pepsi written in...

Can I paint a picture for non profit without infringing copyright laws?

Talk about being your own worst enemy, why on earth would you alert the world's largest IP owner with an army of lawyers that you infringed on...