NO. To claim copyright the photographer on its own must have captured a modicum of his/her own creativity. Just taking a photograph is not...

Two Companies: one has trademark rights and another has service mark rights. Possible?

Yes, but maybe not. TMs are for products, SMs are for services, there are in different classes. Consult a TM attorney

What do I do If someone downloads a movie from my unsecured internet connection

Your question is technical not legal. The IP address of the illegal downloader is registered as such. The IP address of your unsecured modem is...

Domain Name Trademark Infringement

I am glad my answer caught your interest. As my colleague wrote, there are many nuances to IP law and to extrapolate from the hypothetical to...

Trademark Infringement

Internet and trademark registrations are not the same, nor they automatically grant exclusion rights to each other. if you trademark bluesocks and...

Can I patent a product for simular use but almost different design?

Generally speaking the answer is yes. You can patent a new, non-obvious, and useful (the 3 requisites to obtain a patent) product, new method to...

Are documents created by the Czar's government between 1830 and 1917 still under copyright?

NO, you are free to use them as you see fit.

I see "Patent protest or...re-exam?" answers. A knot patented 2003 is shown in literature 1990s--can this fact win w/o $$fee?

If the USPTO issued a patent for which prior art exist, then an Ex-parte reexamination may be requested by anyone. You must file the...

Can I Share a videotape in the USA that I filmed Overseas?

A different take from my learned colleagues. How would you feel if someone posts a video of you doing "stupid" things without your permission? I...

Music i wrote for a band i was in

My colleague gave you the answers assuming you were a partner, however you mention of being fired. If you were employed to write music and...