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Ordinarily, you would have to obtain the permission of the copyright owners to use copyrighted pictures or other works on your website. The...

If someone stole exact wording and artwork designs from my website to use on theirs, can I sue for IP infringement?

Yes, this is copyright infringement. In order to sue, you would need to apply to have your copyright registered. That would also allow you to file...

T-mobile Trademark question: the news express case....

Certainly it is a good idea to include cases similar to your own that come down the way you would like your case to be decided. You do not give the...

Do i need to obtain permission to publish photos taken of antiquity sculptures in museums?

If there were copyrights in the sculptures, they would most likely be owned by the original creators and not by the museum (although it is possible...

Trademark specimen possibility of fraud - Please help

It is okay to use multiple trademarks on a single product. The same specimen can be used for each such trademark and is perfectly...

I would like to start a blog, the subject being a local musician (but quite famous), and use pics from the web. Can I do that?

No. The pictures from the web are copyright protected, regardless of whether there is any watermark or disclaimer and regardless of whether you can...

I agree that use of the team names would be considered nominative fair use, if used just to describe the teams, and that use of the logos probably...

Can anyone think of a good trademark caselaw example where adding a house mark to a descriptive comp wrd mark avoided confusion?

This happens all the time. For descriptive marks, even adding or changing a letter or two can be enough to distinguish another mark, depending on...

Copyrighting a derivative work

The fact that one character you draw is an actual person does not make it a derivative work. You can copyright the drawing just like any other....

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Copyrights question

Assuming U.S. law, yes, you can have the artist sign an agreement transferring all his rights to you. That would allow you to register the...