I have a novel idea not directly related to my line of work at a tech giant. How can I launch a business and protect the idea ?

Before you do anything or make any investment you need to have any and all employment or other written agreements you have with your employer...

Education website using colleges logo and image of the school

Many courts will say that even though your use of another's mark descriptively in text would fall under nominative fair use (to name or refer to...

Can I resell customers trademarked returns?

You would have to have this scenario evaluated more carefully. As noted, it is a little hard to follow and connotes both trademark as well as...

Cease and Desist Question

Who knows? But as a general rule, if you were using the name first in your market area either before they began use in the same area or before they...

Intellectual property rights. Copy rights.

As noted, the bald idea is not really protectable. You will certainly be able to protect formal IP aspects like the trademark (see below for more...

You received some excellent responses. Whether you use "city" or "Citi" really matters not. What will matter will be the goods and services that...

You received some very good insights. As noted, you can certainly protect your stage name as a trademark, but before you invest in that you need to...

Who owns the rights to Eisenhower's speeches?

I think it will likely be as my colleagues note that the US Government defaults to the copyright holder, but unless we knew exactly who wrote it...

You received some excellent insights.. All you can really do at this point is to call around to several IP attorneys and get a sense for how they...

I have made a video series about a fictional event using a known character, Alvin the Chipmunk. Would it be a copyright ?

The fact that you are using the images at all ends our inquiry as that is clearly infringement unless there was some obvious defense to that use,...