If you are using the name of a celebrity for a commercial purpose without permission, you will be violating the celebrity's right of publicity....

The Supreme Court recently made clear that you must register your work with the Copyright office before you can bring suit for copyright...

"TM" can be used for someone who asserts that a brand or trade name has acquired common law trademark rights in an industry or geographic area...

There are statutes of limitations, but recent Supreme Court decisions indicate that they tend to limit only the scope of damages---they ordinarily...

Do I need permission from a foreign publisher to rewrite a story from an academic work?

You are proposing to create a 'derivative' work. In so doing, you would violate copyright law without permission from the owner of the copyright...

Without obtaining permission from the guests who appeared on your program, you would likely be violating their rights of publicity and privacy,...

What law information should I know before starting an animation channel on YouTube (geared to not children)?

You are wise to raise this question before starting your You Tube Channel. You will need to familiarize yourself with many areas of intellectual...

You propose to use the trade names and trademarks of local estabishments to sell your products, presumably for commercial gain. In so doing, you...

No. To the contrary, it is improtant that your current company exist at the time it creates the legal documentation necessary to transfer the...

If you received a cease and desist letter, you must take it seriously and retain legal counsel immediately. Your use of the trademark as part of...