What you really want to know is how likely is it that you can ignore the CDL and not get served. For under a $1000 worth of goods, unless...

What copyright considerations are there for a story written by me but with plot direction driven by other people?

What you likely need is an IP attorney to do two things for you. You should NOT try this yourself. 1) apply for registration of your outline [so...

Web designer is refusing to give me my domain

Q:"Web designer is refusing to give me my domain" A: That is self-contradictory. It's not "my domain" if you need it to be given to you. You seem...

Someone copy my derivation works, what can i do?

Easy, you can SEE AN IP ATTORNEY. You do not have the expertise to handle this, which is why you are here asking the experts. Consult an IP...

Not without a license. 15 USC 1114 (trademark infringement) and 15 USC 1125 (unfair competition and trademark dilution) and 17 USC 501 (copyright...

Can the photographer who I hired to photograph my large scale art hanging outside in a field sell this photo as his own artwork?

You might have a decent remedy by immediately applying to register your copyright and then sending a CDL claiming the photographs are derivatives...

If I co-produced a musical arrangement, am I entitled to "production" credit when filing with the US Copyright Office?

Absent a contract guaranteeing you "production credit", there is no such right. And "production" is not synonymous with "authorship". It is...

Want to trademark band name, but there's a local school sports team that shares our name. Will we run into trademark issues?

Generally, this would be sufficiently different, but the devil is in the details. The similarity of the name is not the only factor. There are...

Yes, it might violate publicity rights and trademark rights and be unfair competition. A change name might be enough, but likely not. You need to...

YOU? No, that statement is required of producers not viewers. You would have a defense to the extent you reasonably relied on the 2257 statement....