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Is cracking/hacking/modifying out of print or abandoned game software to ensure functionality and/or compatibility legal?
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Answered on May 30, 2020
Chances are someone owns copyright, so making a copy of something original to them could be considered infringement. This could be images maybe...
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Do I have a chance of winning this business-related case?
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Answered on May 29, 2020
Do you have a chance? Of course. Whether it is a good chance depends on the terms of what you describe as a NDA. The initials typically stand...
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How do I report trademark infringement for a vinyl decal?
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Answered on May 28, 2020
It would seem that there is more to it than is apparent in your summary. Save all documentation including contemporaneous screen shots of what you...
Is it legal to use images from the internet as references to draw a silhouette of an animal for a product i want to sell?
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Answered on May 28, 2020
There's always a danger making an unauthorized copy or derivative work from something on the Internet. Whether a silhouette takes too much or is...
Is emailing a lawyer a patent idea strong enough to hold without patenting it yet?
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Answered on May 27, 2020
No. For many years there have been myths about mailing yourself and the sounds like a variation. Copyright exists once your work of authorship is...
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When is the publication date in copyright application?
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Answered on May 27, 2020
You're going to have to choose to register one of the versions and make the deposit of that version. Use the date the version you deposit was...
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Do I have to consult with the subject of a biography or their estate before writing?
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Answered on May 27, 2020
If limited to historical facts, permission to use the facts probably don't require permission. Use their writings under copyright, or use...
Hi. I am a music teacher who is Thinking of creating vocal warmups based on Disney stories to monetize as passive income ?
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Answered on May 27, 2020
Your use of "monetize" indicates commercial, rather than educational, use. Do it privately when tutoring a student and it would be different.
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I bought tank tops from walmart without logos or anything and planned on tie dying can i sell them on my website? ?
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Answered on May 27, 2020
There have been cases where selling modified products that still had the original trademark was infringement -- diamonds added to Rolex watches was...
Can I use another brands style to create funny posters and sell them?
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Answered on May 27, 2020
There have been cases that found that magazine cover borders were enforceable trade dress.
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