Can someone use a trademark that is the same as your stage name and register that trademark? Yes. Who can do what depends very much on the...

Trademark (or service mark) infringement depends on your having enforceable rights and the other side making a use, without authorization, that is...

Good answer on patent application considerations. As far as confidentiality, contracts are governed by the law of the applicable state and you...

There are specific state laws about releases of minors that vary from state to state. You should retain a lawyer to look up the laws in your...

Best to retain a lawyer who knows the law in the court at issue -- as suggested above. As a general rule, evidence is "admissible" if it is...

It depends on the actual services not the administrative classes. Class 35 could be almost any business. An example might be whether a specialty...

There have been many complaints about Davidson Inventions. Without commenting about specifics, the Federal Trade Commission has taken action...

An author is presumed to start with ownership of copyright in their works of authorship. Employees are not authors, their employers are the...

Additionally, ownership of the copyright does not necessarily control what is done with the media. In the old days it was a big deal when...

I would add that if it is a "franchise" there may well be a requirement for formal Franchise Disclosure Documents to have been provided before the...