I have created "skull icons" of various well known personalities which I would like to print on t-shirts.

I am somewhat more skeptical than my colleagues that you can create these T-shirts without having a problem under either copyright, trademark, or...

I received a settlement demand for a gettyimage found on our website, what if any course can I take to avoid paying?

As my colleague notes, this question has been answered many times before on Avvo, and the answer is always the same---you are probably better off...

Intervening rights for patents in Canada?

Canada provides a 12 month grace period for reinstatement of a patent, during which time it is not possible to obtain intervening rights. Thus, if...

Plagiarism

You cannot copy an entire review of a product or book from someone else's blog. If you copy the entire review, you are engaging in copyright...

Does a PPA protect internationally?

My colleagues have given you excellent advice. Let me emphasize the "first to file" problem. The U.S. is a "first to invent" country, but most...

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If I have a corporation in Puerto Rico and would like to register a trademark in the U.S.....

Trademark rights arise through use in commerce. Thus, if the trademark arose from its use by your Puerto Rican corporation, the Puerto Rican...

In June, my sister in Indiana met a guy through craigslist who said he was getting exercise products from California wholesale

Here is your problem. You tried to make a profit by trading goods on E-bay, but you did not adequately investigate whether or not the goods were...

Other company suing my company for deceptive name

You need to immediately retain counsel. You are confused about several legal concepts. The name that a company registers with the Secretary of...

I want to get a trademark

No lawyer can guaranty that you will get the trademark you want. Further, you already know that the name you want is similar to another...

How can I verify that something is not protected with copyright and whether it is protected locally or internationally?

Unfortunately, there is no on-line or other data base that you can use to check whether a work is protected by copyright. Note that the Berne...