How do you determine when a trademark becomes a synonym with a generic activity?
I do see live active registrations for this. You may be right that the term is now or already has been a generic expression, but you will have to...
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I do see live active registrations for this. You may be right that the term is now or already has been a generic expression, but you will have to...
I really don't see your concern here. The fact that a newspaper article was titled XY does not mean no one else can ever use the terms XY. If...
You are referring to what is commonly called a "white label" agreement. There are no issues with that so long as you have it writing that they are...
It depends a bit on the context. If you ordered, for example, promotional items like shirts through a company like Vistaprint they will provide a...
The logos even if no longer used as proper trademarks are likely still protected under copyright law. Before you commit to anything, I suggest...
Any discussion of settlement whether as part of a formal mediation or not are not admissible in any event under hearsay rules. But I see no reason...
Similarities are everywhere and very common. The issue under copyright is how substantially similar is the creative expression. If you have...
Similarity is very common. The test for copyright infringement is called "substantial similarity." And this is with respect to the creative...
You are free to file a DBA/FBN under the entity if you want to hold yourself out to the public under a different name. But you really need to...
How you approach this greatly depends. You could be violating their right of privacy and publicity, which are state governed laws that vary....