I want to start a e-commerce business selling high end designer goods bought from a wholesaler abroad. Is it legal?

It sounds like you should be very careful. Parallel imports, or grey market goods can be sold, but the rules require that they be the same as the...

I have just started thecopyright process on a book and am curious if I need to trademark anything as well? Such as the title.

Those are good answers. To emphasize, however, the title of a single book is generally not considered a trademark for the book. It is descriptive...

Those are all good answers. Here's another perspective. Very broadly, you should have in mind whether you are looking more for a "deal maker" or...

Do I have the right to run a business even if I didn't come up with the idea?

If a trademark has truly been abandoned, evidenced by non-use and intent to not resume use, it is available for others to use. But the facts are...

Can you put copyright on a non-copyrighted video if you put your audio and text over it (aka a lyric video)

"Put copyright on" is not really a thing and it's not clear that the facts support a "non-copyrighted video." Copyright exists (in the US, since...

Does this advertising work?

I tried Avvo's paid listings for a while, but it was before they reorganized the presentation. I'd be happy to discuss off the board.

Does private emails constitute copy rights?

Copyright does cover private emails. However what that means for you is a more complicated situation. As pointed out above copyright does not...

Do you need a license to sell a cartoon drawing of a real person character from a broadway musical?

Probably. As correctly pointed out above, it might be a right of publicity issue, although there are older cases that said that an actor didn't...

As a general rule, the only modification you can make is to delete goods. You can file a form to "correct" errors as long as the change is not...

Taco Taco Bell is falsifying advertisements do I have a right to sue them?

It's unclear how you have been injured. In one recent case, Keep Chicago Livable v. Chicago, No. 17-1656 (7th Cir. 2019) the court explained the...