I am writing a musical show about Barbra Streisand. Do I need a release from her inorder to produce the show in a theater?

Yes, there are a number of rights to be cleared before you can safely do this.It will likely require ssn attorney or you stand to be ignored when...

Depends on HOW you do it. if you do it to falsely imply our confuse a significant number of consumers into thinking that it's an official souvenir,...

I need someone to review a business settlement contract.

You need to consult an Intellectual Property attorney that handles software such as your "scripts". I suspect the company has the upper hand here...

That wording is awkward. The way you "trademark" a name is apply it to products as an indicator of source or origin and sell or distribute the...

You have already agreed to indemnify Amazon. Read your abatement with them. This would likely start as a DMCA take down request to Amazon, and your...

Copyright use of material (music/song) before acquired by a record label/publisher

Yes and No. yes they can try to force you to abandon your license or try to invalidate it. If your license is well written and you have lots of...

"Work for hire" does that mean that you get to maintain intellectual property and copyright to your work?

No, that's not what it means. "Work for hire" means you were hired to work and created the copyright protected material as part of that work you...

Major Dutch national television show aired 2 of my videos without my permission - copyright infringement cause of action?

The Netherlands is very lax on use of online materials. Publicity rights is a California right, but likely not in the Netherlands. You will need to...

I am running a competition & purchased a designer handbag as a prize, can i use their logo on competition adverts

I disagree with those answers stating the first sale doctrine does not apply in this situation where there is resale (via prize competition) of an...

Can you trust the testimonials that are posted on attorneys websites. do some attorneys put fake testimonials on themselves

I think you would be wise to presume that most of the client testimonials are solicited rather than unsolicited and that most of the attorney...