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Depending on what your design agreement said, you probably can claim that you own the copyright rights in much of the work that you produced and if...

Should my rent be pro-rated or should my rent be due on date I signed lease?

It would not be inappropriate for the LL to pro-rate the partial month. But if you signed the lease , defined when the term was to begin and you...

Are we in error of trademarks/copyrights?

You want to proceed cautiously. Why can't the customer buy their own stickers and put them on the bench? Now that you have some warning about the...

Contingency fee structure-Copyright infringement cases/claims

Any lawyer willing to take on such a case will want to believe that it is tight, that the defendant is not judgment proof, that the plaintiff will...

If a trademark exists with 3 words, can I trademark one of the three? The industry is the same/similar.

Based on the example you give ,"beachbody" is the main word and the others merely modify it. The bottom line is whether the mark you choose will...

More than likely you would run into challenges not only as violating the copyright of the particular costume pattern but also possibly for...

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Is there any legal obligation to take a person listed on an accepted proposal?

You should have an attorney review the agreement the doctors had before they put forward the proposal to the hospital as well as the proposal...

Verbal contracts are just that, contracts. You should speak with an attorney to help you out of this jam. You may have placed yourself in a bad...

Commercial rent: Is CAM payable by tenant or landlord?

AS the LL you can require the tenant to pay CAM. It would be good to work with an attorney versed in commercial leases so that the clause is...

What are ohio laws regarding publicity rights?

You may not only run afoul of rights of publicity, but also copyright. What you propose to do is to make a derivative work of the author's book. ...