What can I do about neighboring tenant who is competing with my business ?

See an intellectual property law attorney, as that is the only law that has much chance is success. You need a patent, a brand name, copyrights, or...

Can I take a mixture that is already sold in stores (a cake mix) and add ingredients to sell it as a new product?

Provided you don't use the brand name of the cake mix or otherwise deceive customers, I don't see reason for concern. I presume you ask because you...

Is using a name a copyright violation?

That will almost certainly be illegal, both cybersquatting and trademark infringement. Let's face it, you are not the official Detroit branch of...

How are companies like Incapsula able to compete if CloudFlare holds many patents in that area? Do they pay royalties to CFlare?

You need to hire a patent attorney to do a "right to use" or "freedom to operate" or "patent clearance" analysis for you. You are focusing on the...

Disclaimer for a book will it protect me from possible law suit?

What disclaimer and what book? What secrets and what law enforcement? Without facts we can't apply the law to the facts. If you are planning on...

Hi...I used to work in a restaurant, and they let me go. I was looking on their web-sight and they are using photo's of me.

Since you were an employee, you will not be entitled to compensation for use of these photos during the time period you were employed. You can...

Is it legal for a video store to sell you a burned dvd?

These stores generally have negotiated licenses to burn copies locally to eliminate shopping costs. If the DVD ibn question was made under license,...

Generally if this is another proposal to smear petition Manning, you are likely to get into legal trouble and perhaps even get sued. If, just a...

Where does a patent end and begin in terms of financial obligation in new products?

If the battery is patented you owe a duty not to make, sell, or use that battery without permission of the patent owner. Likewise if you get a...

If I put "GO SEATTLE" on a t-shirt with no picture or logo, is that copyright infringement?

No, if just "a shirt" rather than multiple shirts that seems de minimis. Unless you are selling these in volume, and in two days no one will care,...

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