There is a website with my mugshot

They are allowed to do this. In Chicago, the police department actually puts photos of everyone arrested (not convicted - just arrested) for...

As pointed out by both answers above, there are a lot of ways that this could violate the intellectual property rights of others. As a practical...

Trademark question.

Yes - there would be an issue if consumers could mistakenly believe there was some association between your Royal Toiletries toilet paper and the...

Royalties: What's a reasonable amount to pay in order to reuse work previously commissioned illustrations work?

If there is no extra work for the illustrator, I would expect the pricing to be between 10% and 50% of the original price for the iPad work. At the...

My 5th grade computer teacher threw a pair of construction Scrissors at me in 1996.Is it too late to take legal actions in 2012?

Unless you have been in a coma for 15 years, preferably one induced by a concussion related to the scissors incident, I am afraid the first two...

How to submit another provisional application, to add new content, if you filed one already?

In most circumstances you would file the new provisional application containing both old and new content. This generally provides you with the...

Unusual materials and making methods

Your choices of intellectual property protection are generally: Trade Secret - You can protect valuble information by keeping it confidential....

I must agree with the first answer that this "virtual harassment" creates facinating legal issues. The likelihood of obtaining any judicial remedy...

Is it a fraudulent trademark if you register a unitary mark consisting of two otherwise entirely descriptive terms....

This is probably not going to be allowed by the Trademark Office in the first place. Merely juxtaposing two entirely descriptive words is still...

I sell airsoft guns. Can the items in my catalogue have military seals? The actual items do not.

U.S. Military seals are intended only for official use. The various branches of the military may license rights to reproduce their seals for...