As the above answers indicate, your facts are a bit unclear. If you purchase a physical medium containing copyrighted material, you may resell the...

If your friend does not hire a lawyer to appear in court and answer or otherwise plead in response to the complaint the plaintiff will win by...

What do I need to do to copywrite a fictional species?

You can't copyright an idea and your description sounds pretty close to that. You can copyright the stories that describe it though. The right...

It would probably depend on more facts. If you legally purchased an authorized sticker or medallion and you are using it for it's intended purpose...

To be on the safe side, use the 1923 date. In theory copyright could have been lost by inadvertent publication without copyright notice, or not...

It could easily be an issue, but that will depend on numerous other factors like the goods or services at issue, their relation to the words in...

Avvo is not the place to get advice about a specific set of facts. A registered word mark is presumed valid and is enforceable against the use of...

Design or utility patent?

A design patent is for a new, non-obvious, ornamental design. In short, it covers the way a thing looks. A utility patent is for a new,...

Another company working with former co-founder and I can see they have used trade secrets to develop new prototypes. What to do?

There are both state and Federal statutes that provide remedies for the misappropriation of trade secrets. While having your lawyer write a cease...

Sorry for your loss. The above answers are good ones. Most patents have value when they protect a product market, so if your father in law didn't...