Would I need permission to use stats from NFL games in an app if labeled by city names and pro football?

This issue has come up repeatedly in the context of Major League Baseball and fantasy leagues and the courts have routinely held that the use of...

How would you buy the registered trademark rights from a tv network?

Abandoning a trademark doesn't necessarily mean the name and other brand indicia are totally without protection. The only way to find out if the...

What is a "Declaration" in the context of a federal case?

Like an affidavit, a declaration is a sworn statement. Unlike an affidavit, however, a declaration need not be witnessed by a Notary Public.

Will a judge in New York lower the child support amount because my kids' father is going out of work on FMLA?

Generally speaking, a downward modification requires proof of an unanticipated change of circumstances. It sounds like the decision to take FMLA...

Is this copyright infringement?

There are two issues here. First, when you embed a YouTube video, you only insert a link to the original content on your blog. No separate copy...

Copyright and public performance

The right of public performance is one of the exclusive rights guaranteed to copyright owners. The Copyright Act defines a performance without...

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Under New York law, a child is not emancipated until the age of 21. Moreover, any private agreement between you and your ex would not be valid...

Works created in 1920 are not automatically in the public domain. In 1998, Congress passed the Sony Bono Copyright Extension Act which provided,...

Which state has jurisdiction for child support enforcement? Can/should the support order be transferred to where daughter is?

If you have arrears on an order in New Jersey, it will retain jurisdiction on those, so you must come up with a plan to address that as soon as...

If I re-record a song from an album that a record label owns, can I license the new recording without their permission?

Unless prohibited by the contract you should be able to re-record the song. As a matter of copyright law, you own the composition and have the...

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