If they are repetitiive or serve no legitimate purpose you can accuse themof Aggravated Harassment. Many criminal cases are coming about now due to...

How would a person go about copyrighting a work before it's finished?

You can copyright however much you have - even if it is only an outline. Nothing in the law says that you can only copyright a completed work. As...

Copyright question

Thank you Daniel for an excellent response. Taking Laura's position to the next level would mean that if the birthday child had wanted to decorate...

I would like to create a musical work, no samples, replaying a musical work not verbatum, and changing it to gospel. Can I?

Yes and you would need permission from whomever owns the rights to the song (normally a record label or publishing company). Whenever a song is...

Can you use celebrity photos or hairstyles in commercial websites or salons?

There are two issues raised by your question. First, someone owns the copyright in the actual image itself. So you would need to obtain permission...

Trademark Common Law

It is difficult to answer this question in a vacuum, in that I can't tell the similarity of the names and of the items sold or services...

Am I able to use the name of a sports league or franchise in the name of an online magazine?

The second phrasing would work provided no one else has the trademark for Soccer Weekly.

Copyright question

Legally, the answer is No. You have just been told by Nintendo that you can't do it. While an attorney can't tell you to do something contrary to...

You raise several questions. First, the phrase "Damned if I do, Damned if I don't" is not copyrightable as phrase, slogans, etc are not protected...

Can I make a copy of a designer's dress or have it made(and pay for it)?Is it legal in Europe?Is it ok with copyrights?

There have been a lot of questions and answers on this topic on Avvo, so you should conduct a search and avail yourself of the many good responses...