Recourse for someone using someone using someone else's creative work?

This is a common problem among participants in start-up businesses. The agreements among the principals are often either oral or written on napkins...

Is it worth responding to this trademark rejection?

I cannot advise you based on the limited information that you have provided concerning your chances of success in overcoming the rejection. Nor do...

Can I provide a service to owners of large cassette or record libraries to copy their recordings to CD?

I agree with my colleagues. But you need to go into this with your eyes wide open. The RIAA and other music industry members and organizations...

A misleading movie title got me an infringement notice. Am I liable?

You may have defenses, but one thing is sure---you need to retain counsel to represent you. Any use of a bit torrent system is suspect---surely...

Usually video game reviews, like reviews of books, film, music and theatre, are protected by the "fair use" doctrine. However, your review should...

Use of trademark in fiction.

I do not yet have enough information to advise you. Depending on the strength of the trademark owned by the gentleman in Indianapolis, the manner...

See my answer to your other question.

As my colleagues have indicated, your question implicates rights of publicity and First Amendment issues. Of course, for many years comedians such...

Related to the copyright of quotes in artwork...

IP issues such as this are complex. Each quote and each work of art using it must be analyzed separately. There are federal law and state law...

I am opening a boutique and i was wondering if it is illegal if i sell coach replicas.

This is clearly illegal. Coach is a famous mark, and use of the mark in this way constitutes trademark infringement. There is a strong likelihood...