I recently received an email from my isp regarding copyright infringement. Im not sure wether to ignore it or pay settlement?

This is a frequent question here on Avvo. Those of us who handle lots of these know that CEG-TEK is essentially engaged in a shakedown using the...

Can I get out of a contract due to personal reasons?

Typical personal reasons are your problem not the other party so NO they will not typically excuse non-performance. It is your priority choice and...

Updated Independent Contractor Agreement

The default would be that the company is in control of the situation. You need them and they don't need you. It is the golden rule of business -...

Will a Hong Kong patent on a USB drive that looks like a "person" hold up in a US courtroom?

The idea of a USB drive in a certain ornamental shape can be patented, either in the US or in Hong Kong, or both. In the US we call such a patent a...

There are not only contractual issues, there are Intellectual Property issues and breach of fiduciary duty issues you need to take up in private...

I have an invention and I'm filing papers with the US Patent and Trade Office. I want protection outside the US as well.

You likely misunderstood what you were told. You were most likely told that if you want to keep a non-provisional utility US patent application...

Can you incorporate someone elses non-famous Trademark into a business name?

You should be well aware of examples where the same mark or trade name is used for very different goods. WILSON meats and WILSON sports (which...

I want to buy name brand product for resale.

If you can buy at retail and sell above retail for a profit, more power to you. I see that as a surcharge for convenience or for making the...

I want to open a business several states away but part of the name is trademarked

You and that other bar want to use Dos Equis world famous XX beer trademark for a salon serving beer? Get ready for the most interesting man in...

As a Canadian citizen should I use a U.S. lawyer to proceed with action against an American in a copyright infringement case?

I suggest for a large case in the US based on a Canadian copyright, you might consider first one of the Seven Sisters....