Registering a trademark would not matter because it doesn't "clear" your use. It would include a conclusion there's not enough similarity to...

Trademark rights cease to exist if a mark is abandoned. There are plenty of Bankruptcy Trustees who have been unfamilar with the nuances of...

If ChatGPT has in its learning another song or maybe a poem, or other text, and ChatGPT presented to you lyrics that are substantially similar and...

It can't be answered based on the facts you described. They are important, but not everything needed to form an opinion. And you should want a...

Quotes usually give rise to complicated situations. Putting aside copyright -- short phrases are not copyrightable -- trademarks perform the...

"Recipes" are hard to patent. Chemical formulas are the kind of things for which patents might issue, but you will be required to prove your...

Timing of idea makes little difference for copyright. If you're the sole author the copyright is your property. How that works out in family...

Trademark infringement mainly looks to thr similarities between the marks and similarities between the goods. From what you say it sounds like a...

Intellectual property is a category including specific things like patent, trademark and copyright. You don't have patent rights without a patent....

You won't likely get a "clearance" on Avvo. Most likely, mascots would be covered by trademark law, the same as pro sports teams. There could be...