How do I know if my photo usage case considered as ‘Editorial Use’ or commercial use?

We cannot know which your audio tours are for sure without seeing your audio tours. I certainly expect them to be commercial and not editorial. We...

You can't get a specific yes or no answer, here. wee have to see the KJP original and your version so we can determine how similar they are and...

How do I go about suing jay z for stealing my song never change

You asked this once before last week. The answer is the same. You hire a litigator and will need about $50,000 as a retainer and need evidence to...

Need a trademark specialist

You did not ask a question and you posted too specific facts. I presume you want to know either what to do or what attorney to call. You are in a...

How do I check the date on a song I copyrighted

If you wonder when the copyright you applied to register will be effective, you need to know two things: 1) copyright registrations are effective...

Can I sell shirts with a creative dawing of a real person?

This is about the thousandth time this basic question has been asked here on Avvo, and the answer is still the same. You need to hire an attorney...

I'm a portrait artist. I have a question about my rights verses the rights of a business that commissioned a portrait from me.

The law favors the one with the lawyer, and that is not you at the moment. More important is why you would try to stretch "prints" to mean public...

Do these shirts violate trademarks against the NFL?

You are not being honest with us. You want us lawyers to give you a recipe to use in an ill-advised attempt to avoid hiring an attorney. I would do...

Can you use a thumbnail image from a you tube video on your website for editorial purposes only my site is sports related no ads

So, you want the lawyers here to give you a recipe for how to do this yourself and avoid hiring an attorney? To figure what you can and can't use...

Is it considered copyright infringement if I silhouette a regular object (like a hand) from a picture supposedly copyrighted?

Hard to answer without seeing the picture and silhouette to determine if there is substantial similarity. Decorative filler is not an exception to...