As long as you use your new name just as a name and do not use it to identify commercial activity, you should be fine. You may even be fine with...

What type of lawyer do I hire?

You should seek counsel from an intellectual property attorney or a litigation attorney with experience trying intellectual property cases. Either...

Thank you for initiating this process by doing some research. You are way ahead of the game. 1.) Safety is a relative term. By filing first, you...

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Can a company use my copyright image on their website without permission?

You have a copyright in your work, but you cannot enforce your copyright until it is registered. After it is registered, you need to review the...

What if you have a patent on an invention and someone steals your idea and makes money off of it?

Check the date the patent was issued. If the issue date was pre-June 8, 1995, the patent term is 17 years from the issue date or 20 years from the...

Do my Start-Up Co-Founders own the intellectual property I created before I joined the company if I exit the business?

Unless there is a writing (contract) that states you've assigned your intellectual property to the company, the intellectual property you brought...

Is the blog name “Crazy Rich Teenagers” legal?

The test for trademark (or service mark) infringement is confusion on the part of the consumer. Would someone that is a fan of Crazy Rich Asians be...

Your question has a couple of layers. There is the copyright question and there is the ownership question. If your contribution to the painting...

Word mark / Design mark: two words - can they be registered attached or better separated? Does it make a difference?

In addition to the answers above, the test for trademark infringement is whether a customer would be confused as to the products source. If you...

I have some sauces that I made up and I would like to know if I can trademark it?

Unless you were hired specifically to bring your sauces into the restaurant and you entered into a contract about that, your sauces are yours as...