Does the 1st Sale Doctrine allow me to charge a service fee for applying licensed material to a customer's personal item?

These scenarios are very fact dependent. In some cases, doing this would not be an issue. In other cases, it could be. There is an "innocent...

If an image is trademarked in 2015 but you have had and used the image since 2013, are you unable to continue to use it?

I don't think we can really address this here without fully understanding all the facts and circumstances. Before you take any action, I...

Presumably this is a copyright infringement. Being you are operating in a commercial capacity and not strictly speaking a personal one then sure...

As original works of art this should not be an issue and as noted if the images are transformative lending nuanced creative expression to them then...

Posting something online does not necessarily mean it was "published" for copyright purposes. For CR purposes publishing means more that you put it...

This is not something that would be worth it for your former employer to sue over. If you were an independent contractor when this occurred you...

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...

How to open and protect a business and a business idea?

I will offer some remarks on trademark protection below. Recipes are facts (one part x; 2 parts y) and as such are not afforded any copyright...

How can I protect my business idea?

You can't really protect a business idea in a vacuum. If that were possible we would only have a dozen or providers for all the goods and services...

I'm not sure what you mean? You can certainly find marks that are now considered "dead" at the federal registration level, but this fact does not...