Does it make sense to obtain a copyright for trademark design in addition to registering the trademark?
Fonts and short phrases are of doubtful copyright subject matter. Some art can be great trademarks. Think of the Morton Salt girl.
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Fonts and short phrases are of doubtful copyright subject matter. Some art can be great trademarks. Think of the Morton Salt girl.
The Canadian Football league tried to use COLTS in the original location and got sued. A restaurant was permitted to call itself THE BROOKLYN...
Usually "replica" is a euphemism for "counterfeit." Selling counterfeits could subject you to damages awards around $50,000 or more.
Under "first sale" if you buy authentic (licensed) product you can resell un-modified product. If you buy Nike product, where Nike got team...
It will very much depend on who, exactly, did what when there was someone you "used to built the system." Computer code written by humans is...
"My question is: will my story still be copyrighted to me even though I posted it on a public website? " Answer: Yes. But the rest of you...
Not copyright. Trademark infringement has a "first sale" (sometime called "exhaustion") defense permitting you to resell product you purchase in...
It's evidence of what it is -- a DMCA complaint was filed, the accused knew -- but it does not prove the truth of the allegations.
Names are generally covered by trademark law and depend on who uses them not who creates them. Writers are probably authors or at least coauthors...
The scenarios are a bit complicated for Avvo's general questions and answers and you should want legal advice on a public board. Questions that...