Is drawing a picture of kids in Halloween costumes, one of whom is in a "homemade R2D2 costume" covered under fair use?

I doubt your illustrations of a character wearing an R2D2-like homemade costume would fall into any fair use exemption. It would be best to change...

Is "Portland, OR - Keeping things weird since 1845" infringes TM "Keep Portland weird"?

If there is a likelihood that confusion will occur in the marketplace as to the source of your goods or, eventually, the source of the products by...

Either the magazine, a clearing house or the photographer owns the copyright to the photograph and your copying of the photograph could lead to a...

Can I or a person display a purchased item that has a trademark displayed openly on say a piece of furniture ?

Using a trademark of another will lead a customer to believe that there is some affiliation or sponsorship of your product by the trademark owner....

Utility patent infringement?

How you market the product (brands) does not affect the patent infringement analysis. I would suggest you contact an intellectual property attorney...

The NBA, NFL and MLB are organizations that are quite aggressive in protecting their respective brands/trademarks. I would avoid using the names of...

You should speak with a patent attorney to discuss your invention. The patent attorney will likely suggest you perform a patentability search to...

The names and likenesses of famous people such as golfers are worth a lot of money. If you used someone's name without their permission, you would...

No one has the right to copy a work except for the owner of the work. The copyright laws do not distinguish with how the copy is made or with what...

Copyright or trademark?

To own a trademark, you need to use it. If you use the trademark, you own it for that particular geographic area in which you are selling your...