Patent - from provisional to full patent

Q:"I have obtained a provisional patent" A: No you did not. There is no such thing. A "provisional" is a form of utility patent application that...

Which way is safer?

You need to read up on the DMCA. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512

Intellectual property: photographer vs artist

Nothing in writing - so she likely owns the photograph and your work is a derivative that would infringe the copyright in the photograph....

I have been answered on this site before that that linking to copyright protected material is not illegal, while linking to

You said it, you "have been answered". That being the case, go hire a lawyer if you want more. Avvo is for finding a lawyer, not for avoiding...

How the court proves online copyright infringement if the infringing link has been removed either by the takedown notice, or by

Well, another takedown notice question from Chicago. You are trying to piecemeal free legal advice to avoid hiring a lawyer aren't you? Bad move....

Can I sue a copyright infringement lawsuit against online infringement, after the infringing link was removed by takedown notice

Not successfully. Linking is normally not infringement. Your suit would be against the linked site not the linking site. If the link is to your...

I want to sue a copyright infringement lawsuit against an infringer who uploaded a copyrighted material of mine, but the problem

You can ask for help here but what you need is to tie the copy to the infringing site, to the date, and to the infringer. one of the reasons you...

Translation of an academic article into English and rights.

This should have been the subject of a written contact. Still you are in likely control of the original and since the translation is a derivative...

Has the AIA disadvantaged independent inventors against large companies with Inter Partes Review?

A firm with the horsepower to take on the large company, the courage to do it, the skills to do and the knowledge and conviction you can win. Yes...

Selected as the best answer

I'm entering a contest and I submitted a video which includes screencasts (screen recordings) of about 10-20 sec movie clips.

"I wanted to get a definitive answer as to whether or not the screencasts of movie clips on youtube breach any copyright laws? " And you want that...