Do I have recourse when someone publishes my photographs?

I also agree that this presents as more of a contractual dispute rather than copyright. I suggest that you consult with a lawyer in private and...

How to sell Fan Art and provide state taxes legally.

"Fan art" is another way of saying "moderately tolerated infringement." Ultimately, no one can offer an opinion without actually knowing exactly...

Do you need everyone in a crowd to sign a release if shooting a TV show?

As noted, there are a lot of different scenarios. If you are shooting in a controlled or staged environment anyone within that environment should...

Is breaking the dead-lock advisable?

If I understand you correctly. given the span of time you are starting from scratch here. You should then clear and file the mark in the other...

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Is there ways to transfer a trademark other then filling out an assignment form from the USPTO office?

As noted in Attorney Ballard's excellent response, the USPTO file is not dispositive of actual ownership although amending that record should be...

Graphic design and branding agency

My colleagues offered some excellent comments. I agree that you need to work with a well-written service agreement that makes clear that any...

Can an internet user be legally bound to a browse-wrap agreement, in this case TOS, that he or she never intended to agree to?

The issue you are raising has to do with whether the browse-wrap terms would be enforceable. But let us now lose sight of how that would come to...

If someone is posting you're social networking pictures on their social networking site is it worth suing them or not?

AS noted, it really depends. If you are just talking about two private parties and one is posting pictures from another on say their FB pages, then...

Help with graphic design work usage question

Your is a very fact intensive scenario and there is just far too many unknowns here for anyone to offer a proper opinion over this free and public...

Does it present a problem if I use the name "American Buy" for a domain name?

There are just too many possible issues to flesh out over this humble and quite public Q&A platform. If your marketing efforts are not concerned...