What are the laws on copy write of photos on Social Media?

As my colleague notes, it depends on who owns the photos and whether they were considered work-made-for-hire. If in fact it would cause a big...

Is it copy write violation to loosely depict a celebrity, and/or the works for which they are celebrated, in commercial art?

See my answer to your last question regards to publicity and privacy rights. Here you may have both copyright and publicity rights issues,...

Printing Blocks: Can I sell the images?

Maybe. You have really two legal areas to be concerned with. One is copyright law and the other is what is called publicity and privacy rights....

Can I use a picture of Tony Romo in a music video?

Maybe. But the answer will not be found in a vacuum. We would need to understand exactly what the video involves and the purpose. I mean, if the...

I really don't think there is any issue regards to taking photos of people in costume and selling the same to those people. But as noted, making...

Using quotes will generally be permitted. This is largely because using what amounts to a very small portion of a much larger body of work will not...

Trademark "Alex's Gear" but "ALEXGEAR" is taken...?

First, you need to properly clear the mark and that can't happen here, so no one can really give you an answer that will be anything other than...

As my colleagues note, you would likely be resting on a fair use defense for social or political commentary. A true parody will poke fun or comment...

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I want to trademark my companies "tag line"

I'm not entirely sure if I understand what you mean by "the current copyright is expired." Do you mean the copyright in this slogan? If so, short...

This is a trademark / copyright question and a false advertising question.

The term "Kryptonite" is used and registered as a trademark across several different classes of goods and services. But I suspect here in your...