Your first approach to this issue should be to recognize the basis behind "laches" as it applies to rights. If you consider being asleep on your...

Copyright

You can call your publication anything you want to. However, if that name is confusingly similar to an existing or senior user, then you are...

Fair Use Clarifications

I am unsure of the question you are asking. Fair use is a defense to an act or event that would otherwise have been a copyright infringement. In...

Is my software patentable? And can I file a provisional patent?

Software patents are feasible, but you have to meet the requirements for patentability. Patent laws are changing in a few days - leaning towards a...

If I were to recreate a water bottle that I saw in a movie by making it an actual product and reselling it would that be legal?

Your question smacks of copying an item from somewhere. That it was in an animated movie does not mean lacking in copyright. Using words from the...

Can I stop copyright infringement on co-produced content that is being made into a movie without my permission/involvement?

Yours is a more involved scenario and I recommend you engage an experienced attorney to guide you through this. Note that copyright attached when...

If you use a phrase, title or "look and feel" that can be construed to come from another person's creation, it is likely that you have infringed on...

Legal problems on downloading sex videos

If you do not have permission, you are liable for copyright infringement and more. Get an experienced attorney to sort this out for you.

Unless there is more to be said here, there is nothing illegal about watching a video that is in a publicly accessible forum. If the material is...

A Kansas board of trustees treasurer has admitted embezzling at min. $6,900. What is the legal responsibility of the board?

As a board member, you are a fiduciary, implying that you have agreed to protect and maintain (well) the properties entrusted to the Trustees. ...