Your business model potentially risks trademark infringement as well as right of publicity infringement. In general, once an item bearing a...

The correct form of protection for your curriculum is copyright. First, the owner of the curriculum must be determined. Copyright is owned by...

What you propose to do is known as nominative fair use. You are using the trademark to truthfully name the doll for which a given article of...

Although it is okay to use a trademark to truthfully identify goods or services of another, care must be taken to ensure that the use is not more...

My understanding of a "jig" is a fixture that serves to both hold a workpiece and to guide a tool which is performing an operation on that...

Although I doubt this is a criminal matter, if you take the correct steps, you could potentially protect yourself through copyright. At least in...

Do not ignore this, and speak with an attorney who is familiar with copyright law. You are generally not free to use photographs you find on the...

In all cases, you are responsible for avoiding infringement of the intellectual property rights of others. However, the extent of research which...

You have received good advice so far. Since you are aware of the patent, your product must be compared with the claims to ensure that it does not...

It depends. The scope of patent eligibility for software has been the subject of numerous court decisions. In general, algorithms are not...