Volunteered while preparing TN Visa document requirements. Web developer!Fired upon completing websites. Websites on my server

The facts don't add up. What inept kind of law firm let you keep websites done for them on your servers. When you say "for them", I suppose it was...

Harley does not "own" black, orange and white [Halloween is more associated with those than Harley]. Harley does not own Chicago [Rahm Emmanuel...

Do the custom graphics created for our website and branding belong to us?

Sounds like another familiar example of a graphics customer who "saved money" and did not use an attorney and now has to spend lots more than the...

You can say your company has zero complaints lodged with the BBB. You cannot use their logo without their express permission, which they won't give...

I have downloaded authentic College logos in my area to use on Tshirts, can I sale Tshirts at craft shows using the logos?

Are you serious? Of course you can't unless you have permission. UAB perhaps? Crimson Tide perhaps? That would subject you to liability under 15...

How to file prior art

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Can I use a picture of a store's gift card in my advertisment?

There is likely an implied license for you to show the gift cards in advertisements for authorized sale of the gift cards. I question what you are...

I have student created material with parental release for two of ten books. Publish that material? Who owns it?

Having practiced intellectual property law in Connecticut for a dozen years as a corporate intellectual property lawyer in New Haven, Hamden,...

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I wrote a very lengthy document at a marketing agency I work for. Am I allowed to publish this on LinkedIn or my personal blog?

Pursuant to 17 USC 101: "A “work made for hire” is— (1) a work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment;" Pursuant...

Can I use the names of universities or companies on my website (only the names) without licensing agreements?

What You propose is what is called nominative use and is an exception to trademark infringement. Yes you can use the names of universities to refer...