What you propose is illegal and is called "reverse passing off", which occurs where the defendant markets the plaintiff's product as being the...

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I have created a delicious and in big demand hot sauce by combining sauces and spices already on the retail market. My friends

This is legal from an Intellectual Property Law standpoint provided it is done carefully. You want to run a trademark clearance on the brand for...

I disagree with Attorney Ballard. although his answer is an attempt to be helpful to you, as I think the place to go is to your family law attorney...

Do we need to consult companies before using their widgets in a new invention?

Let's put some substance to this so you can see the problem. We will ignore the copyright issues for the time being, as they are not your primary...

Hello, I want to develop a website that will aggregate career announcements from direct employers career pages

You say you want to copy material in full that is not yours and is original to someone else and which bears a copyright notice and you want to do...

Professional networking site and legal risk

Here is a list of considerations for you: A helpful list of legal issues you need to consider in starting a website. This is not a recipe for...

Self produced video being used (unauthorized) a retail promotion for their knock off product similar to what I was endorsing.

You do need help, but this isa website for US law and you need help in Canada. It is hard to decipher your party in all this, so best that you see...

My patent attorney stole my IP. I file complain to OED to open investigation before my patent will be submitted to USPTO, OED de

I wonder if OED is laughing as hard as I am at how you rhapsodize. You are right you should not tell such miraculous evidence here in a public...

Nightcore = infringement See 17 USC 106 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106 and look at item (2). You say "i take a song and ...until the...

Yes, very dangerous to assume. Do NOT think for a second that the disclaimer used by The Chive is going to work for you. They likely know that most...