Smartphones are on fire in patent litigation, and rest assured the money is huge and the biggest companies in the world are fighting for every...

Can companies lose their trademark if they do not police noncommercial, unlicensed uses of their mark?

NO. STAR WARS is one of the greatest trademarks of all time as the brand name of the greatest movie series in history. If it was not enforced one...

Do I Need An Fraud Lawyer For Trademark Infringement?

No, you don't need a fraud attorney, you need a trademark infringement attorney and you need a major attitude adjustment, which it seems is being...

May a writer summarize the contents of personal letters written by another person without violating copyright law?

NO, this is very risky. The copyright to the letters belongs to the author of the letters not the recipient. A is a celebrity, there is a right of...

Can you place a copyright on a specific character[s]?

YOU cannot place a copyright on a specific character. Copyright protection "subsists" or does not "subsist" by law. 17 USC 102...

I had a website built for me by a California website developer but I did not pay for it. Is it my property? Thank U.

NO. It was never yours. It was always the copyright protected property of the website designer. And, since you did not pay ["for various reasons"?...

Do I Need An Fraud Lawyer For Trademark Infringement?

Not a fraud lawyer, a trademark infringement litigator (also termed "IP litigator") and preferably one that specializes in defense rather than...

Is it legal to put a TM trademark symbol next to my mark even if it's weak?

Yes. "TM" simply is short for "trademark", so using it is legally the equivalent of saying "that's a trademark" and unless you indicate the...

Question on reselling brand name clothes.

Great answer, Daniel. You might consider submitting that as a Legal Guide for additional visibility (I understand that they come up preferentially...

So, you write once again from Sugar Land and still do not have an attorney. \ Remember the 3 little pigs. You should, I think, want to be the...