$200 to the Copyright Enforcement Group is a bargain; the only other alternative is to image your hard drive to an external device (Best Buy has...

Can gaming images be reproduced on computer keys for personal use or resale without copyright infringement?

The onus generally would be on your customer who specifies the image, under patent, trademark, and copyright law; however if you know or should...

If you or someone in your household did download the movie, you should fess up and compromise the penalty by agreeing on a payment between the $750...

Registering a similar trademark with fair use defense.

"Fair use" is a copyright term, having no relation to trademark use or infringement. "Nominative use" is a trademark term, but allows use of...

If someone stole exact wording and artwork designs from my website to use on theirs, can I sue for IP infringement?

If you apply within one month of discovering the infringement to register your claim to copyright in the material that was copied, you can claim...

Expanded use of registered service mark

Existing registrations cannot be amended with new goods, only by having existing claims to some of the goods canceled. File a new application for...

Recieved a letter in regard to illegal downloads

Letters from ISP's or even, in the second stage, the movie producers' law firms, are pretty common, as the movie investors seek to boost their...

Trademarks: If multiple companies use the same name of a product, does that mean you can join in? Perhaps filing a trademark ?

PLEASE EVERYONE STOP!! saying "trademarked" - that quasi-verb has no certain meaning. If a word, symbol, color, etc. is used to identify goods...

Sure, like APPLE is a company name and widely registered, not for edible fruits. If you use CHERRY for instance to identify the business, it is a...

Petition to Cancel Trademark (TTAB)

Mr. West is entirely correct. Genricness happens when the mark becomes the everyday descriptive name for the good or service, like escalator and...