Do I need to trademark or copyright my business name, labels, and logo if they are all the same when it has a emojji in it?

The emojji image you are using may be protected under copyright. If so, then you can't use it. Regards to the text mark, your trademark will be...

No, you are not required to use your personal name as a domain, but if the domain is comprised of or is being used as a trademark, then you will...

Trademark intellectual exercise

You received some good insights here and I agree that you might be asking the wrong question. I assume that you received an office action on the...

Can I release a song with the co-writers agreement i have?

You have a bit to parse out here. I would make certain to have any written agreement looked at carefully along with all the facts and...

National TV company broadcasts a show and included pictures of myself and information without my permission for a documentary.

The fact that your name and image was used does not offer you a cause of action. If you are claiming that you were presented in a false light and...

Can I use quotes from BrainyQuotes.com on a music video?

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...

Is there a legal barrier to using excerpts of a trial transcript (from 40 years ago) verbatim in a work of fiction?

The question cannot be answered because we have no way of knowing what that material is possessed of. While the transcripts themselves might pose...

Can I patent an entertainment concept?

No, you cannot patent an entertainment concept. You can patent an actual invention. Do you have any actual claims that are patentable? The only way...

This question will lead into patenting

This is a copyright infringement question and the only way you are going to receive any answers that might be helpful to you is if you take the...

If I have an author's piece in my article to serve as a visual aid and I recognize their ownership of their work, is that legal?

it flatly depends. How much of the work is being used? For what purpose is it being used? Does your use frustrate the copyright owner's interest in...