If a Ph.D. student creates software as a teaching assistant, and expands it as a research assistant, who owns the copyright?

Allow me to respond further to the prior answer. University will have an IP Policy. Many of these exclude copyrights from the things which the...

How I can collect the royalties from Diageo on licenses issued by my great grandfather in 1925?

Fascinating! Much or all rights are possibly or even likely time barred. That said, you ought to have a licensing attorney look at the...

How to know where or which bank to claim if you're named as beneficiary of a bank account?

Whoa friend. Why assume executor is dishonest?

Is this legal to do?

Do this. Turn off the phone. Compose something entirely original. Fine! Be "inspired" by Tchaikovsky ... But do the damn work...

Speaking solely for myself, Allow me to say that the kind of lawyer who works on contingency in patent drafting is not the kind of lawyer you want...

We are a small business....a dance studio. Do we have to pay the ASCAP a hefty fee each year to use the music we buy from Itune

You "paid" for the music only for your personal use. You did not obtain any rights for commercial use. I'll tell you what .... Compose your own...

What are my legal ties to a loan that I did not sign for

Question is who signed loan documents. If your mother, then she is the only person responsible for the loan. Assumes that neither you nor your son...

What will happen if I don't respond to their letter? I'm starting a new job & don't want the hassle. How should I handle?

From the non-criminal aspect, you never want to have an issue open like this against your name.

Would not formally ending a general partnership hurt me in the future?

If you have any desire to enter into business arrangements the future, You really need to wind down your business. I think that you need to have...

Prior answers are excellent. also consider that some states require license to sell food products. What the world needs is another curry powder…...