Can I sell a service that uses data licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Licenses?

You can retain a lawyer to evaluate the Creative Commons license and give you a confidential opinion. You can read it yourself. Very generally,...

If the grocery store I work for sponsors the GB Packers, does that make it legal for us to break copyright?

It sounds like a trademark question, not a copyright question. Short phrases aren't copyrightable. If the company is a sponsor and if the...

If you buy a coloring book from (or authorized by) the owner of the copyright you should be able to re-sell the physical item. That doesn't mean...

It's not entirely clear what was in your profile picture and user name. Obviously Ferrari S.p.A. looks like a European style corporate name and...

It's highly unlikely that adding "the" will convert something confusingly similar into not confusingly similar. Same with hyphenation. Microbus,...

How can i protect my DBA?

You're analyzing things the wrong way. A trademark is what's used to identify the source of goods. Is XYZ prominently displayed on the label, ABC...

Am I protected by lawyer confidentiality?

You don't say what was "wrong." If you called a lawyer and consulted with them, then under most rules of professional responsibility, they need...

Q: Can I be sued for selling homemade items online? So I was wondering if I can get sued for selling a product online from my website even with no...

Copyright infringement

The above answers are good ones. The problem is there are two rules: (1) once there is a first sale, the manufacturer can't control later sales of...

I’m interested in some lamps designed in Europe. Is it considered copyright infringement if I build a similar lamp?

The above answers are good ones. There can also be design patents for the ornamental features of useful items. Retain an intellectual property...