Hi. I am converting an old VA LP company into a new VA LLC with a simple articles of conversion form. I own assets in the LP

First off, you need to be clear about the ownership of the assets of the business. Are the assets yours, or do they belong to the business? If...

If I am using a profile picture of an official establishment (a city), can I still use it if I give them credit in my bio?

People often confuse plagiarism with copyright/trademark infringement. Crediting the source of the image or quotation, for example, gives credit...

Can you use a company advertisement to make fun of them in social media by altering the content?

Sometimes. The Fair Use doctrine allows you to use copyrighted material in a "transformative" fashion. While there is no hard and fast definition...

Settle a question for me, it it illegal to create a torrent of an illegally copied movie? Someone at TorrentFreak says no.

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Sir, Ma'am I am an aspiring writer and need help protecting my work, can you offer guidance and assistance?

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Do I need to register as a foreign company in a state if I am living there but only developing prototype (no clients yet).

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