Do I have the legal right to video and audio record a copyright play for personal/private purpose(s)?

It's the recording that violates the copyright owner's exclusive rights. The theater announcement may also be because they want people to buy...

A US non provisional application filed after grace period but claiming priority of US provisional filed within grace period?

If the disclosure is identical and the priority claim in order it sounds like you're OK but it would be best to have the facts and both...

State registrations don't have the presumptions that Federal registrations have. If you were in court, and you might need to be, you'd have to...

Absent a written agreement, who owns the rights to a de facto partnership's assets?

As pointed out, it can be complicated. Ordinary property -- money, the van, amplifiers, inventory of the shirts - could be governed by partnership...

Copyright infringement?

It doesn't sound like it is either original or a work of authorship and both are required to be copyrightable. It sounds like a sufficiently...

Using hybrid names to avoid using real names in satire

Each would have their own claim -- it wouldn't be 50/50 unless they were co-plaintiffs and suffered exactly the same amount of injury. In a right...

Can I have a menu on a good truck that the items are named after famous bands without consent?

It's likely to be trademark infringement or trademark dilution.

Can i sue a tv show for using my husbands trial pics without his permission?

There is likely a First Amendment privilege to accurately convey what's in a public record. You'd need to retain a lawyer to research the...

How do you fight a fraud case when the issue arose from a misunderstanding?

"Pushed towards" is not clear. Who's pushing and by towards does that mean a case hasn't arrived (been filed) yet? There are two main species of...

It is not a defense that there are other infringers. And don't assume it's just you.