You have a potentially valuable fact -- if you created and published all of your materials before they did, it is impossible for you to have copied...

If you have a copy you are an infringer. In theory, every time parts of the game are loaded into memory, there's another copy. When you make a...

Good answers above. One other observation. You probably didn't "buy" it like you would a vinyl record. You probably only "licensed" a digital...

From what you describe you may not be modifying the electronic circuits -- which chances are you could do under the patent "first sale" doctrine,...

You really have two issues (1) satisfying Etsy and (2) determining if you ultimately have a right to use the term "Barbie" in commerce --...

Probably good advice above. I'd probably get to the same conclusion, but will observe that you've publicly admitted you will be "copying"...

Look at your eBay User Agreement. That's the contract which provides the answers.

Good answer above. You sound like you are taking the steps best calculated to reduce risk. But Avvo is not a place to get a "clearance." Because...

Good answers above. You'd better get it right. "[B]y media" and "verifiable first hand accounts" mean you propose repeating what someone else...

You might "own" copyright, but you can't enforce in court without a registration. It's really that simple. Fifty years ago the law was different...