Does a trademark claim continue when it was never marked (tm) or registered (®), and the one claiming it, dies?

The bottom line is that you need to do some homework before investing in this mark. Before you invest in any trademark make sure you get some...

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...

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What type of patents should l get? Can a particular idea be patented?

A design patent might be one way to approach this. Copyright might be relevant here as well. As noted, you may have publicity and privacy...

Is it okay for me to use a fictional movie character as a musical artist name?

Of course it depends as noted. If you are considering using this as a trademark, which is not uncommon these days for artist name, then you...

If the market can readily identify the image as relating to Disney then this is also a problem and would not be transformative use. If you need...

Is it legal to promote local businesses on an app using their website description?

You are free to present any factual data you can find that is publicly available. This is no different than a directory. But copying their language...

Hi! What is the best Legal Agreement Template to use for 2 Partners who want to build a smartphone App ?

You need to get some guidance here regards to setting up a proper business structure and agreement between you and your partner. Regards to IP,...

Can I name my Design company Coola Creative if there is a cosmetics company out there called COOLA.

Usually when the goods and services are very different this is not as much of an issue. For example, no one is confused as between Delta Airlines...

Using Champions apparel for private brand

I would not do that as that can be seen as "reverse passing off." You can probably find the same quality perhaps even from the same maker that can...

Youtube won't take down videos that use my photos without consent. They keep denying my Copyright infringement form. Why?

In general, any creative expression will be covered by copyright law automatically. Then you register the work with the US Copyright Office so to...