I really do not agree with a lot of my colleagues answers on this one at least on the substantive law. You can always be sued if your writing...

In general, you are free to buy an item then lend some artistic contributions ot customizations to it and resell it. A good example might be...

You're smart to consider the issues before jumping in. Before you invest in any trademark of your own make sure you get some legal guidance...

This gets a bit chewy. In the first instance, there is no IP here. A recipe is a fact and is not subject to copyright protection. The way we...

I'm just not entirely sure what you are saying here. A trade secret is supposed to remain confidential. So there should not be an issue regards to...

It's not something that can be addressed here because there are many factors to consider. But it would seem that the term itself is descriptive...

Publicity rights really pertain to uses of someone's name, image or likeness to help sell a good or service. Like if you take an image of a famous...

The crux of any trademark claim is whether the use of the mark is likely to cause market confusion as to the source of the good or service. Using...

As others noted, if the work you are pulling from is now squarely in the public domain (as a general rule anything published prior to 1925 will be)...

In general, you are free to buy an item then lend some artistic contributions to it and resell it. A good example might be taking a generic denim...