From the position of a student, what is the legality of my school monitoring the data through browser extensions?
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Answered on January 04, 2018
This might be more of a school law or privacy than intellectual property question. Additionally, it will probably matter whether it is a public...
Can another business use my DBA?
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Answered on January 03, 2018
A DBA is not necessarily a trademark or service mark, but it might be if you've used it to identify yourself as the source of goods or services. ...
Can I have the same clothing boutique name as someone else?
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Answered on January 03, 2018
The above answer is a good one. A case against you might be filed anywhere you do business. One court in Western Union Holdings, Inc. v. Eastern...
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Would reading a story in the voice of a celebrity violate copyright?
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Answered on January 03, 2018
The above answers are good ones. The voice-imitation factor is particularly uncertain under the law. There have been a number of celebrity...
Is it allowed to use movie posters and movie stills on a movie reviews blog?
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Answered on January 03, 2018
Those are all possibilities. You need to consider all the facts for each movie and poster. If you are only reviewing it might be fair use to use a...
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How is it legal for an online video game to say they have seizure controls but then not have them.
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Answered on January 03, 2018
It is probably more of a consumer protection question than intellectual property. Your state attorney general or the Federal Trade Commission...
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I was wondering if this would be in breach of patent, copyright, IP or any other similar law ?
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Answered on January 03, 2018
The above answer is a good one. Your question assumes there is a US patent in force. It will be reading the claims of the patent against the...
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I want to write a book called Sex Confessions of a Lyft Driver.
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Answered on January 02, 2018
From a purely trademark point of view, in a perfect world, it sounds like it should be fair use. But this isn't a perfect world. If it's true,...
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Do I need a new patent if I am slightly changing the shape of a piece in my existing patent?
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Answered on January 02, 2018
There are a lot of variables. If you "have a patent" that means you filed an application, it was examined and allowed, you paid the issue fee and...
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Domain names purchased off GoDaddy
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Answered on January 02, 2018
The answer is going to depend on what the domain names are and who wrote cease and desist demands. If you ask for more than your registration fee...
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