Contracts between everyone should help a lot. But put your own plan down on paper -- who will do what; who owns the work product; how, and how...

Probably, if you are legally a "co-author". But there can be disputes about who contributed what, and who they all intended to be an author.

Copyright is for art and literature. Trademark is for symbols used to identify who is the source of goods. Both, if you are using the character...

Aspirin was held "generic" a century ago. But you'd better be in compliance with pharmaceutical regulations which will depend on both the...

If truly public domain, anyone can do what they want in terms of copyright. You'd better be sure they are legally "public domain", not just found...

There needs to be human authorship. If a human made choices in a coloring book it might be easier to see authorship than if a human typed into a...

To enforce in Court you need a copyright registration. To get that you, as Author, need to fill out an application and submit it with a deposit...

You should retain a lawyer. Public, general, comments are all that is on the question and answer part of Avvo. There are good lawyers in LA that...

It's a complex issue not amenable to the general commentary for which Avvo is designed. It would be better if you were to retain a lawyer. ...

Sure. It's the copying that is the infringement, not knowing whether or not someone has a copyright. Do more research into the original work.