I need permits too sell replica merchandise in california ?

It is doubtful that permits to sell counterfeits are available in California or anywhere else in the US. Sell counterfeits and figure it will cost...

Copying content always implicates copyright infringement. You admit "reproduction" so the issues will be if it is too much (substantially similar)...

The answer above is a good one. Additionally, it is theoretically possible that something like a method of baking or packaging could be the...

No. It can't be said that sale of "t-shirts about any public figure" will be "without legal problems." Nearly every legal issue depends on its...

70 years after the author's death, for many US copyrights. Original Beethoven is in the public domain, but a more current arrangement or sound...

"Based upon" is problematic terminology and "curriculum" is a bit ambiguous. The examples you provide may be sufficiently general that what you...

I can't pass up the metaphor. There is no "line in the sand" it's a whole beach dividing the water from the land. Art, functioning in art, might...

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You'd need permission, typically a "license" which is a contract from someone who has authority from the owners of trademark (if team logos)...

Can I make a watercolor/painted version of a landscape or background from an animation/book or live film with "fair use" ?

Any time your work is based upon someone else's work there would be infringement if there is substantial similarity to the original part of their...

As a matter of Federal copyright law the person who creates a work of authorship is the Author, unless it is an employee acting within the scope of...