Just because not all of them have been caught yet doesn't mean you'll get away with it. Statutory damages of $50,000 aren't unusual

The way you describe it, if you neither transferred ownership nor granted an exclusive license, you should be able to grant additional licenses. ...

What copyright laws concern patterns

Federal Copyright law grants exclusive rights to original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Simple geometric shapes...

If I LLC my brand and logo will that protect me legally if I don’t want to trademark immediately?!

You're putting form above substance. Neither LLC nor trademark is a verb. If you formed a legal entity as a LLC the name of that entity should...

It doesn't sound like a defense. Indeed, if Copyright is still valid it sounds like you are admitting you're selling a derivative.

Do I owe an ex girlfriend money if I profit off of an idea we mutually came up with, but never worked on together?

The above answers are good ones. One other factor is that copyright exists from the time a work is fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Oral...

Contracts are always better if they are accurate. Ambiguity means that some day someone will have to ask a court to interpret whether the intent...

Can I file a patent to protect my ideas?

Check your contract, faculty handbooks and your University's technology transfer policies. You can't patent an idea so there will have to be a...

What you have done is posted, on a public board, a confession to a misdemeanor. The reason you retain an attorney and only tell him or her is that...

Do you need to copyright or trademark a business logo?

Registering a copyright or trademark is not a general requirement. You need to register a copyright before can sue and there are a dozen...