Questions answered by Frank A. Natoli

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If someone gets cut out of a general partnership for a venture that never launched or made money can they sue for more than IP?

Frank's answer | Answered on July 23, 2015

I read this several times and frankly am still not sure exactly what your question is. If what you are asking is whether one can use your attempts...

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My company and a vendor settled on an amount via a release agreement. They're now requesting more funds based on miscalculation

Frank's answer | Answered on July 23, 2015

This requires more than a humble Q&A platform for you sort out and how one goes from 300K to 1.3 mil is not clear. I mean a million dollar...

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Does renewal of an International Trademark Registration forego the need to file a section 71 declaration and pay associated fee?

Frank's answer | Answered on July 23, 2015

I think the reason no one has yet to offer a response to your question here is because if they are like me I would have to take a little time a...

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Question about an image on my website, in which a company is claiming it to be a copyright violation...

Frank's answer | Answered on July 23, 2015

No one is going to sue you in federal court over the use of one image on one website. McCormick or whatever firm that sent this demand are working...

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Is it legal to make food out of a cookbook someone wrote and sell it commercially? As in starting a food business?

Frank's answer | Answered on July 23, 2015

The answer to your question is flatly YES. No one can lay claim over a recipe as that is just a fact (1 part X, 2 parts Y, etc.). And while a...

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Civil case: business suing individual that appropriated trademark symbol, made alterations, set up "look-a-like" websites.

Frank's answer | Answered on July 23, 2015

It sounds like you are already deep into a big legal mess so I'm a little surprised you do not have a lawyer helping you out already. But I think...

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I wrote and produced with my own money a short film. The person I hired for the direction/production/edition stole my project.

Frank's answer | Answered on July 23, 2015

Look, if what you are saying is that you paid her money to produce something for you and she took that money and did nothing for it, or retained...

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My boss instructed me to capture high school mascot images from the net and republish on his site. Is that legal?

Frank's answer | Answered on July 22, 2015

I actually think the bigger problem might be copyright infringement more than trademark infringement. This is because while these mascots may very...

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Can a registed trademark owner take the domain name away from another if it is the pural form?

Frank's answer | Answered on July 22, 2015

The only way you are going to receive any advice on something like this that you can rely on would be for you to consult a lawyer and flesh out all...

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Do I need permission to use a trademark as part of a merchandising product?

Frank's answer | Answered on July 22, 2015

Slash is quite aggressive in policing his IP. We are working with a client at present who he accused of infringing and violating his right of...

Frank A. Natoli's Answers (19867)

If someone gets cut out of a general partnership for a venture that never launched or made money can they sue for more than IP?

My company and a vendor settled on an amount via a release agreement. They're now requesting more funds based on miscalculation

Does renewal of an International Trademark Registration forego the need to file a section 71 declaration and pay associated fee?

Question about an image on my website, in which a company is claiming it to be a copyright violation...

Is it legal to make food out of a cookbook someone wrote and sell it commercially? As in starting a food business?

Civil case: business suing individual that appropriated trademark symbol, made alterations, set up "look-a-like" websites.

I wrote and produced with my own money a short film. The person I hired for the direction/production/edition stole my project.

My boss instructed me to capture high school mascot images from the net and republish on his site. Is that legal?

Can a registed trademark owner take the domain name away from another if it is the pural form?

Do I need permission to use a trademark as part of a merchandising product?