Can I use a hash-tag and pro athletes name on a shirt and sell them?

So, do you really think we are going to give you a recipe for ripping off celebrities for free here on Avvo? Basically you want us, for free, to...

What is required to obtain an existing service mark that shows it is owned by a dissolved corporation?

The USPTO will not cancel a registration in response to a third party letter that the registrant is dissolved. You have to institute a cancellation...

If a auto sales website has a vehicle posted for a price would they have to keep that acreement?

No, that is an obvious mistake. There is no Judge that would believe otherwise, and there is no Judge that would think you could reasonably think...

I sold my boat only not the co. can boat buyer advertise "formerly" use my co. name w/o permission ?

We are missing a key fact, namely whether you are still in business as Safari Boat Excursions and whether there were multiple boats or just this...

Is the content of an image protected by copyright, or just the image itself?

You have a misunderstanding. Copyright covers the creative content of the tattoo, the online digital image and the design. You answer your own...

Stage musical with songs by a few different songwriters. How to divide compensation?

Yes,I suggest having a PRO assist in calculating your split so that objections are minimized.

Just to be clear a meme is "the least unit of sociocultural information relative to a selection process that has favourable or unfavourable...

Can someone claim "fair use" when using my copyrighted artwork, even though I explicitly told them/asked them not to use it?

The fair use argument the collage artist is giving you sure sounds like nonsense in the USA and in Iceland. You can find the Iceland Copyright Act...

I am trying to re-release stolen music that is original and I am disabled and the publisher that still my work is deceased...

You received great advice from Attorney Ross. You are correct that you'll need help to fund this. Disability income won't begin to cover the...

Using hypothetical mark XYZ, here is how I interpret your description of your situation. Your US trademark application, you self-filed (in Class...