When you say the goods or services are different, that does not necessarily mean that they are unrelated. Goods or services are unrelated for...

How should I go about responding to a Cease and Desist letter for "Unauthorized Use of Marks"

Do not respond to the letter yourself. Your attorney can respond in a manner that ensures that the response is part in the settlement negotiation,...

If a registered trademark is cancelled do to a petition to cancel. What happens to a company, after that?

Depending on when your application for registration was filed, whether the other company filed an application, and when, you may have a chance of...

When does the GPL license lead to copyright infringement?

If I understand your question correctly, you are referring to the GNU General Public License, which is a license that is used for open source...

Can I use the copyright logo on a tshirt design to help protect people from taking my ideas if I haven't copyrighted shirt yet?

A short slogan would not qualify for copyright protection. If you do have something that qualifies for copyright protection, then you should...

Trademark Infringement / Nonprofit

Before sending cease and desist letters, it would be worth investigating how long those organizations have operated, and whether they operate in...

Need some legal advice and possibly a lawyer. I invented a product 10years+ and sent the blue print off to invent tech.

Whether anything can be done with respect to Invent Tech would require a review of your contract with Invent Tech, as well as whether any...

Infringement of a patent

I agree with Attorney Vaccaro. If infringing goods were made during the term of the patent, they cannot lawfully be sold after expiration of the...

Is there a basic agreement I can use for my online songwriting business?

Such an agreement could be drafted. To simplify your legal issues with your business model, be sure not to use elements created by others in...

How do you copyright pictures and videos?

It depends on why the pictures and videos are sensitive. Copyright is owned by the author of the pictures or videos - the individual making...