Patents don't work that way. You write up the description of your technology and provide drawings but it is claims that define the invention. To...

Sculptural works are copyrightable. So it is possible that an original author may own copyright. Depending on each charm, there might be enough...

Read Univ. of Alabama Bd. of Trustees v. New Life Art, 567 F. Supp. 2d 1326 (N.D. Ala. 2008) for a general discussion on University trademarks...

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Trademark, more precisely service mark is a way to register the name consumers see and on which they rely for consistent quality performances. DBA...

Copyright infringement occurs when there's copying. Whether you're marketing or not doesn't create a defense. Additionally look alike imitation...

While a correct answer above, if I were retained, I would want to research whether selling a drug product, outside a pharmacy, which may be outside...

Descriptive terms cannot function as trademarks to identify a unique source of product. If merely descriptive maybe after years of successful...

Correct answers above. Just because others haven't been caught yet doesn't mean you have a defense.

Retain a trademark lawyer and get a confidential opinion. Trademark infringement is judged based on more than a dozen factors, depending on the...

Good answers above. Wisconsin also has a unique history of "right of publicity" going back to a claim by Crazylegs Hirsch against SC Johnson. ...